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Nathan Fielder pilots full Boeing 737 plane after exploiting licensing loophole and dodging autism diagnosis

Comedian Nathan Fielder pilots a Boeing 737 airplane full of actors as real passengers after exploiting a licensing loophole to become a pilot and dodging a potential autism diagnosis in 'The Rehearsal' season 2 finale.

Eventually, Fielder successfully obtained his pilot's license, which allowed him to set up the finale's central stunt: flying a commercial-size aircraft full of passengers in order to simulate the cockpit dynamics of a typical commercial flight. Fielder later asks Aaron to participate in an acting exercise he's developed that he hopes will encourage honesty among copilots, suggesting they play characters named "First Officer Blunt" and "Captain Allears," who are excellent at giving and receiving honest feedback. In the season's final scene, Fielder reveals that he's continued piloting empty 737s as a side gig, explaining that the job sometimes takes him to rural Ecuador to fly the decommissioned planes over the Amazon rainforest.

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