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Interestingly the Klamath people have an oral history of the eruption of Mount Mazama and formation of Crater Lake over 7000 years ago.
That's incredibly interesting. Does it line up with the geographical record?
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I wonder if the pilots volunteer for the run? It'd be interesting to know the internal culture with regards to it.
The captain makes the same call on every flight. The plane and passangers are her responsibility regardless of the situation. Edit - also the call is made continuously. They can back out any time.
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The captain makes the same call on every flight. The plane and passangers are her responsibility regardless of the situation. Edit - also the call is made continuously. They can back out any time.
Why do you put "her responsibility", instead of "his responsibility", as captain's grammatical gender is masculine?
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Why do you put "her responsibility", instead of "his responsibility", as captain's grammatical gender is masculine?
English doesn't generally have gendered nouns, and the few it has are generally going out of use. I'm not aware of captain as being gendered in English.
Commercial pilot here, currently flying transatlantic routes. I avoided Irma last week while flying to Buenos Aires (it was not this big yet). I have partners in San Juan at this moment, bunkered in the hotel. We see this as a crazy move, very well executed, but too risky for the plane itself (not so much for the crew). Let me explain, the metar and tafors (the airport meteorological reports we use) during the flight…
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English doesn't generally have gendered nouns, and the few it has are generally going out of use. I'm not aware of captain as being gendered in English.
How do you choose between his or her in this case?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_pronoun
Why create an account to make your initial comment? It doesn't seem very substantial or on-topic. The two reasons I can think of aren't very charitable, which is why I'm asking, assuming that it's neither of those.
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How do you choose between his or her in this case?
This is more involved than I care to get into here. Here's a Wikipedia article which discusses it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_pronoun Why create an account to make your initial comment? It doesn't seem very substantial or on-topic. The two reasons I can think of aren't very charitable, which is why I'm asking, assuming that it's neither of those.
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Why do you put "her responsibility", instead of "his responsibility", as captain's grammatical gender is masculine?
English doesn't generally have gendered nouns, and the few it has are generally going out of use. I'm not aware of captain as being gendered in English.