I'm a pilot, Phil, and you can take this to the bank: you can't fly the Concorde when the wing's on fire.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims you cannot fly the Concorde when its wing is on fire, using a vivid metaphor for impossible tasks.
- In plain terms
- You can’t fly a burning Concorde.
- What can you take from it?
- Some problems are simply unsolvable.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When should you stop trying a doomed effort?
- How can you identify impossible goals?
Another view
The metaphor is exaggerated and not literal.
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