Imagine, for a moment, that you’re sitting on a plane bound for your summer holiday destination, when an emergency arises. The pilot has been taken ill and – since you’re seated in the front row – the cabin crew needs you to try to land the plane. According to a mixture of urban myth and a YouGov poll, many men feel confident that they could safely land a plane if called upon to do so in such circumstances. Most women, however, are confident of just one thing: that they definitely could not land the plane, even if
