He goes into great detail to describe exactly what to do with the overwhelming amount of knobs, dials, gauges and buttons found in the cockpit.
"The good news is the plane will probably have a sophisticated autopilot that can take care of most of the flying for you," Mr Morgan said.
"The bad news is you will still probably have to land it, and every aircraft cockpit is going to be different, so it's not like you'd know exactly where to look to find the things you need."
The first thing a passenger would need to do would be to contact air traffic control and let them know what the situation is.
"Chances are whatever frequency is dialed in will work, so just hold down the push-to-talk button on the yoke, and tell ATC your situation," he said.
He then explains how to keep the aircraft at an appropriate speed in order to land successfully.
While there has never been a case of a passenger with no flying experience landing a large commercial aircraft, a 2007 Mythbusters episode looked at whether it was possible and found it was "plausible".
Using a simulator, the hosts crashed a plane while trying to land by guessing but landed successfully when instructed by a pilot over the radio.
And Mr Morgan had one further piece of advice for anyone who could land a plane safely under those circumstances: "Grab a beer from the galley and enjoy the ride down the emergency evacuation slide."
- nzherald.co.nz
