I've always been rather fond of this episode. Does it have it's faults? Of course it does. But even so, it's still a kind of intriguing premise. And that brings up why I'm posting here. Many of the above posts are comparing this story to others they've experienced—most referenced from TV shows or books of the past 20 years. This story comes from the later 3rd of 1975, and with that frame of reference came first. With so much media that we as audiences today are exposed to, what plot or premise hasn't been thought of already? In fact, some movies these days are on their 3rd "re-imaginings" from their original appearances in the 70s and 80s. IMHO, "Ghost Plane" was written in a rather halcyon time of broadcast storytelling; great ABC Movies of the Week (i.e., "Brian's Song", "Duel," "The Night Stalker"), landmark studio & indie films (Godfather, Exorcist, Network, Jaws, Omen, Halloween, etc.) even radio dramas like CBS RMT and Zero Hour were being produced. Stories of their kind might be way more predicable when heard in today's context, but back then not so much. "Ghost Plane" was a drama written for its time; like "Twilight Zone", like "Night Gallery", like "Outer Limits" and countless others too.