You've come a long way, Flight Aware. Thanks and good luck.

(Written on 2019年 06月 13日)(Permalink)

Thanks for posting this information. Was interesting following and reading the included links.

(Written on 2019年 06月 06日)(Permalink)

you'd rather see rabid republicans? Please focus upon the agenda of the forum and spew the political discourse someplace else.

(Written on 2019年 05月 20日)(Permalink)

<totally completely waaay off-topic ahead>: R Orgill, my fav handgun is the Browning HiPower in 40 S&W, followed closely by the almost unknown .22 AutoMag - which is deadly accurate and a blast to shoot.

(Written on 2019年 04月 24日)(Permalink)

Yours is a common response. I like it and use it too. However, it's not nearly that simple. There are two things we need to consider when discussing this issue. One is the hypocritical nature of the human intellect. The second has to do with civil liberties. Both can be touchy subjects. So rather than get into a long back-and-fourth on civil liberty, I'll simply propose a fictional scenario: .... If the British had wanted to 'face detect' in Boston in year 1775 there would have been a Redcoat on every street corner. In fact, there were! That was way too intrusive into Colonial lives and was part of the mistrust that led to the rebellion. Fast Forward: Today, we can face detect in far less obvious ways. The question is does that make it any less intrusive? The Constitution, at its core, is a remarkably insightful document that is all about checks and balances. Checks and balances... We don't want to keep forgetting the reasons for the Minutemen, or keep minimizing scenarios of heavy

(Written on 2019年 04月 23日)(Permalink)

Exactly so: If you go cheap, expect cheap. The Spanish have a saying, "the cheap comes-out expensive".

(Written on 2019年 04月 17日)(Permalink)

I don't know who you're referring to, but, I agree on principle; it's common sense that *any group of employees / employers is not 100% reliable, honest and perfect. To think otherwise is simply naive. As example, mine was a two-man job: A "lead" and a "secondary". The secondary's sole function was to keep the primary focused. When I was the acting Lead I made mistakes, from simple human error to simply being human; taking shortcuts when tired or frustrated. Fortunately most of my crap work was caught by the secondary. But not always...

(Written on 2019年 04月 09日)(Permalink)

but, here's the thing that keeps me insane: Why, after so much experience with faulty sensors interacting with and/or conflicting with software.. why, after allll these incidences and detailed forensics... why can't the dev team takes those scenarios into consideration and design truly fail safe software? You all know it's only going to get worse as AI is coming on strong and the dumbing-down of pilot muscle memory continues to creep. You only need to read in-depth WWII pilot interviews to fully appreciate how far we've come from hands-on flying. Those aircraft demanded to be flown, and in return the pilot developed a connection to his plane to such an extent that there were few surprises. I don't want to be old-school, and I understand the benefits of automated aircraft. So what's the solution?

(Written on 2019年 04月 04日)(Permalink)

KS, bent wing was making a reasonable comment. What, you don't believe that sort of thing has happened in the past? Resentment takes many forms and retribution that follows is not always logical, fair or legal.

(Written on 2019年 04月 03日)(Permalink)

Seems the issue might be more involved than Boeing admitted. They'll get it right, of course. But it's disappointing that Boeing managers reverted to old habits as witnessed with this mess. If you look at several upper management decisions over the last 12 years or so... someone needs a dope slap.

(Written on 2019年 04月 02日)(Permalink)