Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable

experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC

makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,

poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds.

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The Scott Mills Daily.

We're not on this week, we're back next week, but here's some good bits. podcasts. Chris Stark is your plan B.

Oh, why are we playing this?

I thought it had to be done.

Such a cliche.

No, it's not, it's brilliant.

So some pilots got in touch with me a while back.

Now, I don't know if you knew this,

but every time you get on a plane,

there's always three people flying it.

Seems a bit excessive, doesn't it?

Yeah.

I mean, it's only a plane.

Especially with these big planes, I believe. I believe it's the big Boeing ones that they have you know for like the long-haul flights.

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