[yakshaving_jgt]

I feel more comfortable with the thought of applying the emergency brakes on a train versus applying the emergency brakes on an aeroplane.

[left-struck]

It wouldn’t surprise me at all if aircraft can generally slow down faster than trains, assuming level flight and grade (or the same climb rate)

It’s not really fair though, because the aircraft has so much force acting against it from how fast it’s moving. If somehow a jet was moving at train speeds and could only use its aerodynamic surfaces to slow down, it would probably take a while.