Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says

Post by catalogia » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 8:56 PM UTC

mauvehaus wrote: post #32

yingw787 wrote: post #21

Older 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.

The Brits moved the plutonium or HEU (don’t remember which) for their first bomb around in quite ordinary lorries: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk_zpjK3cTo I’m not saying it’s a good idea, but there’s certainly precedent.

Post by tux1968 » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 9:00 PM UTC

m000z0rz wrote: post #255

tux1968 wrote: post #68

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Anything can break in a plane which is why you design redundancy into the system. You could provide a manual override switch too.. but at least it would be a conscious act done by the pilot who is aware of the situation. I can't believe anyone is defending the current UI given we have an obvious example right in front of us of how it can fail.

I think people are fixating on one problem here as an example of how broken the UI is. What about the problem where a pilot gets great down, does a go around, and forgets to put the gear up? In this case, how could anyone defend not having the plane out the gear up automatically, with warnings? Just because we have an "obvious example right in front of us" does not mean it is the only failure mode that needs to be co…

Post by baybal2 » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 9:04 PM UTC

dragandj wrote: post #219

thenewwazoo wrote: post #176

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Ukraine is an excellent example of this. They voluntarily relinquished their nuclear weapons, and now Russian troops have invaded the eastern part of the country.

I’m not so sure that nuclear weapons would help in these kinds of regional conflicts against Russia. It’s not that Russia officially invaded Ukraine (although in practice it did), but it stirred up local population (of largely Russian ethnicity) and then gave them logistical support and protection. So, if Ukraine had nuclear weapons, what would it do with it? Strike Russia, who has many more nuclear warheads, and str…

Post by aliswe » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 9:14 PM UTC

abdullahkhalids wrote: post #261

crazygringo wrote: post #257

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> No flights, so pilots can't threaten to boycott flying. But why would pilots with valid licenses boycott the government preventing pilots with fake licenses from flying? Wouldn't the valid-license pilots want this, because with less of them their salaries will go up? I can't imagine any scenario where people who passed a test would want people who didn't pass it to get the same benefits...?!?!

It is a state owned company. Pay scales are fixed, and everyone gets a fixed-known pension for life after retirement. So, getting your colleagues fired is not beneficial to you economically [1]. However, an accountability process that looks into the doing of pilots will get both valid license and invalid license holders in trouble, because I assure you, lots of valid license holders are also doing lots of other illeg…

Post by sdinsn » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 9:34 PM UTC

newyankee wrote: post #128

yingw787 wrote: post #21

Older 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.

Didn't want to add politics to this, but i hope they get more funding for safety. Sadly, most of the funding they get from US and other Western countries is gobbled up by the Army which is the most powerful institution in the country. Their economic situation is a little worse now and it is likely they will become a vassal state of China in the future as well. China will take the role of USA in the country if it goes…