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Unexpected cracking found on critical Boeing 737 Next Generation part

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Re: Unexpected cracking found on critical Boeing 737 Next Generation part

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Post by jsjohnst »

azernik wrote: post #104
samstave wrote: post #96

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Thank you for a thoughtful response. I come to HN to share ideas and thoughts, but typically just get a bunch of self righteous assholes... and ive been here for quite a while. Youre not allowed to be wrong on HN and it makes me resent the community. I love to admit if i am wrong, as it means i am learning something. So i appreciate you fixing my perspective. My perspective came feome the fact that a single plane cou…

HN doesn't appreciate confident arguments that are based on zero or anecdotal evidence. It also doesn't appreciate goalpost-shifting (from safety record in terms of crashes, to in terms of nukes going off (???)). More generally, fanboyish rants about how $FOO is the best $BAR ever made tend to draw particular attention. And lastly, complaining about downvotes is in the actual guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/…

> As other commenters have noted, this is more a testament to the phenomenal safety of nuclear weapons

Exactly, there were numerous nuclear accidents with B-52s, but due to the safety of nuclear warheads, no explosions. Googling the phrase “b-52 nuclear accidents” shows a long list of them.

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Post by specialist »

gmueckl wrote: post #101
desc wrote: post #70

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The primary reason why air travel is so safe is that each and every failure in production becomes a major news item for days. So the system broke somehow, and the news will keep hammering it until someone somewhere learns their lesson. We hope. Yes, they will go after a bunch of false positives too in the process, but the thing with weeding out the true negatives reliably is that you have to be paranoid about the fal…

The media is ignoring 80 to 90 percent of incidents that happen in aviation that lead to investigations. A fair bunch results in technical changes to aircraft, but it is mostly too boring for a layperson.

The Politics of Attention means we've always been reactive. Too much outrage. Too few eyeballs. Resulting in triage. Made worse as investigative journalism has been gutted these last few decades. Made worse as engagement driven business models (ad revenue) begat outrage culture.

Re: Unexpected cracking found on critical Boeing 737 Next Generation part

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Post by jadell »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #100
jadell wrote: post #92

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The information is almost certainly available on the page where you see the search results and choose your flights. Probably right next to or near the flight numbers. It is on every major US carrier's search results. I don't know about any of the OTAs: Expedia, Kayak, etc.

It’s there but it isn’t guaranteed nor part of the sales contract.

According to the fine print (and carriers' past actions), nothing on an airline ticket is guaranteed as part of the sales contract; not the plane type, flight numbers, arrival/departure times, baggage handling, connections, and, thanks to overbooking, not even the fact that you have a seat on the plane.

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Post by elif »

lutorm wrote: post #83
elif wrote: post #51

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The Galapagos comes to mind. The entire economy is premised upon commercial jets landing there hourly. Puerto Rico, Bahamas, etc. Even Continental but remote tourism-driven places like Costa Rica. I think the price response to a shortage of planes would be super-linear, given that those who fly regularly are not representative of the average economic means. Prices would more than double.

Hawaii...

To a degree but Hawaii has shipping ports and a more diverse economy.

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Post by kzrdude »

osamagirl69 wrote: post #94
kzrdude wrote: post #90

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There must have been some security checkpoint when you entered the departure area of the airport. But the rest I agree with. I'm used to the european airports - they are unfortunately like shopping malls, and totally in your face about it. Enter through security right into a big display of perfumes and other overpriced goods, that's the standard thing. What surprised me when I was over in Newark airport (and in NY JF…

I flew from finland to germany yesterday and had the same experience. Checked in online, didn't wait in any lines, and never had to show an ID in the process. I am american, and did not even have to enter my passport details into the online checkin.

Yeah this is normal. What you cannot bypass is the security check where they look for weapons and such things.

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Post by ac29 »

mnky9800n wrote: post #114
tonyedgecombe wrote: post #111

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That’s probably because both countries are in the Schengen area.

Yes but try flying from California to NY without having an uncomfortable TSA experience.

I did exactly that earlier this week, and it took me less than 10 minutes from arriving at the airport to sitting on my flight.

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Post by ac29 »

nwallin wrote: post #93
PavlikPaja wrote: post #25

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https://www.distance.to/ says all around one hour. Why don't you build railroads in America? Such short flights should not exist.

We have railroads. The three trips listed by the previous poster all include LAX. LA is surrounded by mountains. The train from LA to SF takes ten hours. The flight is one. California has been trying to build a high speed rail to connect LA to the Bay Area for a long time now, but it's projected to cost 30 billion dollars and the timeline is ridiculous. Last I understood, the project has been shelved indefinitely.

HSR construction is definitely still ongoing: https://buildhsr.com

That being said, I don't believe the full SF->LA project is funded, and absent a more cooperative Federal government, it might never be.

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