Is Mal a pilot?
POSTED BY: spock74
UPDATED: Friday, June 20, 2008 15:28
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Regarding Jayne, I was just re-watching the commentary bonus material on CE and at the end of one, Jayne's in the cockpit and says "now watch while I fly..." or similar.
Also, the script for Message has Tracy wanting KayLee to fly them off in the Shuttle, but KayLee refused to get aboard the shuttle. Apparently she was capable.
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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Kaylee can probably do the mule...
Well , not that she would . Something
about that line just makes me snigger...Maybe
it's just what we know about Kaylee...
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Also, the script for Message has Tracy wanting KayLee to fly them off in the Shuttle, but KayLee refused to get aboard the shuttle. Apparently she was capable.
Probably aren't many young ladies , Kaylee included , who'd get aboard a shuttle with a dude accused of 'wet-ware' smuggling , which he refers to as 'million-credit meat' ; regardless of whether he's Mal's (formerly 'dead') old Army buddy or not...Even liking 'good sex' as much as she does , Miss Frye is not that desperate...
But , we see your point..." Machine's have got workin's , and they just speak..." to Kaylee...That's a good part of flying , being in touch with the machine ; but , on the other hand , maybe it was Tracey figgerin' on doin' the flyin' , and being an ex-miltary sort , was just orderin' Kaylee about...
If I was bettin' though , my coin is on Kaylee bein' a better-than-average flyer...Those who 'fly' well in the bed tend to have that carry over into the 'cockpit' , especially if they also have skills with 'tools' and machines...And , vice-'Verse-uh...
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but , on the other hand , maybe it was Tracey figgerin' on doin' the flyin' , and being an ex-miltary sort , was just orderin' Kaylee about...
Sort of likely, but for the wrong reasons- yeah, he's ex-military, but he's also a coward, he would want to force Kaylee to protect him in case things got rough.
He would might have wanted her to fly the shuttle anyway, because he probably has more faith in her abilities than in himself, being a coward.
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My view?
Mal can manage the basics, but not much more. He knows how to fly his ship on a simple level, same way as he probably knows roughly how it works, and some basic field medicine, but he's not an Expert. (He needed a mechanic to get the ship flying first off - OoG.)
I think the analogy of shuttles to cars holds - which means that Simon could probably pilot one. In the BDM, that's a one-person automated shuttle he has waiting, isn't it? I would imagine that in the Core, folks learn to drive/fly as a matter of course, unless they live somewhere so automated, it's all public transport.
I think River is nearer to sanity behind the wheel of that ship than anywhere else in her life. (Mind you, ain't most sky-jockeys mad as a bag of snakes?...
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If I was bettin' though , my coin is on Kaylee bein' a better-than-average flyer...Those who 'fly' well in the bed tend to have that carry over into the 'cockpit' , especially if they also have skills with 'tools' and machines...And , vice-'Verse-uh...
I have to disagree, I don't think Kaylee has got the flying skills. Thinking of Heart of Gold when Alan and Kaylee end up in the wrong ends of Serenity. She doesn't even attempt to fly. As she stated in Out of Gas, she's never even been up in one before.
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