I'm genuinely, in a completely non-judgmental way, interested to understand what systemic forces lead to such a staggeringly high percentage of this brand of fraud.
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Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
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Re: Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
#72On a smaller but more widespread scale is the issue of fake licenses for driving automobiles. It is common knowledge how you can get these licenses easily in "some" (similar) countries without ever giving a driving test and/or going through any sort of written exam where you have to go through the rules of the road. Some argue that they are only endangering their own lives on the road but one can see how that is comp…
In such countries, the low level corruption plays a big part in that. It's hard to pass the tests when everyone wants money directly from you. Pay a driving instructor, fail, try again, pay another guy, fail, repeat until you realize maybe it would be best to just buy it by bribing someone higher up :/
Re: Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
#73Older article, but apparently Pakistan carts its nuclear weapons around in regular delivery vans: https://www.wired.com/2011/11/pakistan-nukes-delivery-vans/ I personally think this is a bad idea.
There may be substantial non-visible security assets nearby. The USSS has minigun-equipped SUVs, for example; you wouldn't necessarily know they're there until the six barrel gun pops out of the sunroof and opens fire. There's something to be said for subtlety. The US President travels around in a giant motorcade; the UK PM travels in an unmarked Jag with a couple motorcycle escorts.
> The USSS has minigun-equipped SUVs, for example; you wouldn't necessarily know they're there until the six barrel gun pops out of the sunroof and opens fire.
So that scene with Nick Fury in Winter Soldier isn't far removed from reality?
Re: Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
#74The use of the word “fake” is misleading, they seem to mean genuine certificates issued illegally, not downright Photoshop’d documents.
I disagree. Paying someone else to take an exam in one's place definitely makes the resulting license fake, and definitely makes it not genuine. They just used a different process than Photoshop to produce the false document. Semantics. I must disclose that English is not my first language.
Yeah, they're genuine licenses obtained by deception. Not fake licenses.
Perhaps aeroplane manufacturers should have a "pilot test" when booting up ...
Re: Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
#75Older article, but apparently Pakistan carts its nuclear weapons around in regular delivery vans: https://www.wired.com/2011/11/pakistan-nukes-delivery-vans/ I personally think this is a bad idea.
There may be substantial non-visible security assets nearby. The USSS has minigun-equipped SUVs, for example; you wouldn't necessarily know they're there until the six barrel gun pops out of the sunroof and opens fire. There's something to be said for subtlety. The US President travels around in a giant motorcade; the UK PM travels in an unmarked Jag with a couple motorcycle escorts.
Back in the 90s, a friend publishing an edition of a letter of Columbus needed to take the original document to a photoengraver in South Central Los Angeles to get plates made for the book. He was instructed to carry the document in a plain paper bag to make it unremarkable.
Re: Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
#76The fact that the landing gear lever was pushed down into the extended position, and then the plane decided not to deploy the landing gear because of the overspeed issue is a horrible UI. The lever should refuse to budge unless moving it will in fact deploy the landing gear. These pilots are horrible, but that doesn't mean we can't improve the controls still.
Uh? The UI was giving them plenty of warnings and alerts. They have supposedly been trained thoroughly on all of this.
Flying didn’t become as safe as it is today by relying on the pilots to be perfect
Re: Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
#77I don't think most people appreciate the level of regulation that ensures safety and quality of life in Western countries. Go to many countries outside of that spectrum and you may still see beautiful architecture and more. Now did the team that worked on that project have the necessary experience to drive a safe and long lasting solution? Does the concrete and steel used follow good standards? This means that it may…
I like the stereotyping of the entire "East" as one incompetent shit hole. The last I checked infrastructure in the US is crumbling. Each new thing also costs an insane bloated amount leading to a refusal to build new infrastructure altogether. Being in the west doesn't guarantee many things and being in the east doesn't either.
Re: Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
#78The fact that the landing gear lever was pushed down into the extended position, and then the plane decided not to deploy the landing gear because of the overspeed issue is a horrible UI. The lever should refuse to budge unless moving it will in fact deploy the landing gear. These pilots are horrible, but that doesn't mean we can't improve the controls still.
> The lever should refuse to budge unless moving it will in fact deploy the landing gear.
That introduces a new and nasty failure state, "lever locking mechanism gets stuck".
Re: Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
#79From the preliminary report: 'At 500 ft, the FDR indicates: landing gear retracted, slat/flap configuration 3, airspeed 220 knots IAS, descent rate 2000 ft/min. According to the FDR and CVR recordings several warnings and alerts such as over-speed, landing gear not down and ground proximity alerts were disregarded. The landing was undertaken with landing gears retracted. The aircraft touched the runway surface on its…
The fact that they where around 80 knots faster than they should have been probably helped a lot. That's a heck of a lot of excess energy.
Re: Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says
#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
There may be substantial non-visible security assets nearby. The USSS has minigun-equipped SUVs, for example; you wouldn't necessarily know they're there until the six barrel gun pops out of the sunroof and opens fire. There's something to be said for subtlety. The US President travels around in a giant motorcade; the UK PM travels in an unmarked Jag with a couple motorcycle escorts.
> The USSS has minigun-equipped SUVs, for example; you wouldn't necessarily know they're there until the six barrel gun pops out of the sunroof and opens fire. So that scene with Nick Fury in Winter Soldier isn't far removed from reality?
Correct. There's very 90s video here: