‘Airplane!’ pilot Robert Hays hosts A&E air-mayhem series
Robert Hays, who famously played sweating, jittery pilot Ted Striker in the classic ’80s movie comedy “Airplane!,” hosts the new A&E clip series “Fasten Your Seatbelt” — but it’s not as campy as it sounds.OK, well, maybe just a little. Hays does have some street cred when it comes to “Fasten Your Seatbelt,” which uses footage from cellphones and security cameras to document airport and airline incidents both humorous and shocking: his father was a Marine Corps colonel/fighter pilot who won the Distinguished Flying Cross — and Hays is a licensed pilot himself.