How has Rafael Nadal been spending his time while recovering from the wrist injury that sidelined him from the U.S. Open? Posing as a helicopter pilot and scaring the beejezus out of unsuspecting passengers who think he’s actually about to give them a tour of the Spanish countryside.

The clip is part of a viral campaign for PokerStars (Nadal is bluffing) and it’s quite good. But given Rafa’s tendency toward the quirky/ritualistic, can you imagine how long it would take him to get through the pre-flight checklist if he actually was a helicopter pilot? He spend four hours just checking, then rechecking, all the switches.

It’s all slightly amusing until the smoke starts pouring into the cockpit.

I mean, that’s pretty rude. Fire or not, the passenger should be addressing him as “Captain Rafa.”

Not that I’m making fun. To the contrary; I’m impressed with everyone’s cool under threat of imminent Predator-like helicopter explosion. I’d have been cursing like a drunken sailor and sprinting from that thing so fast that Usain Bolt would have been impressed with the speed.