LMAO...
This is a campy classic in the vain of George Seaton's Airport -- and it was actually a kind of "response" from MGM to Universal's cash cow franchise at the time. Brolin is so young here, he's almost unrecognizable (this was before he went on to star in American International's Amityville Horror) and Charleton Heston, of course, would go on to play another pilot who has to save the day in Universal's own Airport 1975.
Always loved this little gem ever since taping it off broadcast TV when I was a kid; Warner Bros.' anamorphic transfer on this disc is surprisingly watchable.