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Germanwing Reportage Getting it Wrong
The "pilot" and "copilot" thing is getting out of hand. Why can't the media understand there are two pilots in a cockpit. They've only had, what, 70 years to get it straight? This and other facets of the crash are now being discussed at Ask the Pilot... (www.askthepilot.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Seriously? Nearly 150 innocent people are dead, and you're worried about the media getting your title wrong? Anyone with a little common sense knows the media is clueless when it comes to commercial aviation, or any aviation for that matter, and I assure you, is focusing on what really matters in the story: a selfish, deceitful individual without regard for anyone else who hid his psychological problems from the airline and took out a whole plane load of people instead of just killing himself at home. Or how about a cockpit door designed so that NOBODY can open it from the outside?
I used to be a dispatcher for a major regional airline. Almost every time I told someone what I di, they always asked if I work in a control tower talking to the airplanes and telling them where to go. After a while, I'd just laugh it off and ignore it. That's what you need to do. GET OVER YOURSELF!! I wonder how much this pilot/copilot thing will bother you once you move over to the left seat?
Oh, and the book plug at the end of your rant was completely tasteless.
I used to be a dispatcher for a major regional airline. Almost every time I told someone what I di, they always asked if I work in a control tower talking to the airplanes and telling them where to go. After a while, I'd just laugh it off and ignore it. That's what you need to do. GET OVER YOURSELF!! I wonder how much this pilot/copilot thing will bother you once you move over to the left seat?
Oh, and the book plug at the end of your rant was completely tasteless.
>> Seriously? Nearly 150 innocent people are dead, and you're worried about the media getting your title wrong? <<
That's not the point of my post, and if you read the entire thing you'd realize that. I put a lot of work into my posts and I take every aspect of this disaster seriously.
As to the book "plug," that's a default at the end of every post, and I waited three days before activating it. Even then I had mixed feelings about it, and I still do. Perhaps you're right, it shouldn't be there. At the same time, any magazine, newspaper, website or TV network covering this story is doing so FOR PROFIT. I make very, very little income from my site. I write about air travel because I love air travel and always have.
That's not the point of my post, and if you read the entire thing you'd realize that. I put a lot of work into my posts and I take every aspect of this disaster seriously.
As to the book "plug," that's a default at the end of every post, and I waited three days before activating it. Even then I had mixed feelings about it, and I still do. Perhaps you're right, it shouldn't be there. At the same time, any magazine, newspaper, website or TV network covering this story is doing so FOR PROFIT. I make very, very little income from my site. I write about air travel because I love air travel and always have.
I was thinking more about your taking offense to my book "plug." Like I said, any magazine, newspaper, website or TV network covering this story is doing so FOR PROFIT. You're watching CNN or BBC coverage of the crash, and what to they do every 15 minutes: they show a bunch of commercials. Do you complain that those too are "completely tasteless"? At least my book is relevant to the topic and not some shitty generic product.
Much like some airport codes, i.e. DEN outside of aviation circles, gets referred to as DIA. Those in the cockpit will be referred to whatever those folks are raised with and you will never change it. If you are right seat you are a co-pilot.
We have now had three horrific airplane accidents that occurred, or the chain of events that led up to these accidents were initiated, with the aircraft captain (pilot) out of his seat. The recent Germanwings accident or intentional accident occurred because the captain needed to use the toilet 28 minutes after takeoff. I find it hard to understand why an adult male cannot make a short flight without having to use the onboard toilet. Every airport has restrooms adjacent to the boarding area. If that is not sufficient, the onboard toilet can be used prior to takeoff. Once airborne, gut it out until after landing. Especially on a short flight such as this was scheduled to be. If it is necessary for the captain to suffer a little discomfort while waiting to land, so be it. When the captain turns on the seat belt light thus prohibiting the use of the rest rooms by the passengers, we are sometimes required to spend a lot longer than 28 minutes without the use of a toilet.
Whether it’s on the human factors side of things or on the technical part of flying, much of the talk is misleading. As if air travel weren’t misunderstood enough already.