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A 'student' shutting down the engine on our CT-114 Tutor jet trainer at the worst possible time was a key lesson in being a good instructor.

A 'student' shutting down the engine on our CT-114 Tutor jet trainer at the worst possible time was a key lesson in being a good instructor.

Thing. if it decelerates, its going to go off. and weve done a lot of work, the faa has done a lot of work to make it more and more reliable. >> there are a number of these on board an aircraft. in fact, if you go in like the first class cabin, you can actually maybe see one of these things, right? >> yeah. its accessible to the cabin, at least that one is. theres one in the nose of the aircraft. >> so when the plane decelerates, its triggered? >> that doesnt mean take the throttle off. were tal...

Most troubling to me is this emergency locater transmitter, all around the world theres satellites looking for this thing. if it decelerates, its going to go off. and weve done a lot of work, the faa has done a lot of work to make it more and more reliable. >> there are a number of these on board an aircraft. in fact, if you go in like the first class cabin, you can actually maybe see one of these things, right? >> yeah. its accessible to the cabin, at least that one is. theres one in the nose o...