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Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink

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Re: Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink

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Post by PromKwing »

sixQuarks wrote: post #115
PromKwing wrote: post #104

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Yikes. What a weird thing to try to make it about race. So to clarify, if you're not white and male, then obviously you're just not serious about a job because you're a "diversity" hire and not a serious person. Got it.

Sounds like you’re the one making it about race. Are you saying there is not a single non white male among the veteran group? The point is, people in this position should be hired based on merit regardless of their race, sex, or anything else.

> Are you saying there is not a single non white male among the veteran group?

I am not saying that and yes that would be obvious. That doesn't negate anything about how it's on the "diversity hires" and not the veterans pointed out in this thread, lol

It's all just speculation.

> The point is, people in this position should be hired based on merit regardless of their race, sex, or anything else.

What's your proof that people aren't hired based on merit regardless of their race, sex, or anything else though? Just wild speculation on your part? lol

Re: Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink

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Post by mikrotikker »

toast0 wrote: post #136
1letterunixname wrote: post #122

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Stop making sense! It would be useful if the readily mechanizable aspects of ATC-piloting and driving were done by machine but with human-in-the-loop. The fixations with completely human, manual processes and the leap to full automation are both too risky. There is plenty of middle-ground to derisk and remove points where human-error is mostly likely to occur. TCAS has been an excellent aid. Perhaps an automotive "TC…

> Perhaps an automotive "TCAS" would also be useful. Forward Collision Warning systems and automatic emergency braking are becoming common in new cars. The problem and solution spaces are pretty different, so I don't think applying TCAS directly would be helpful --- I don't think there's a chance of cars having transponders anytime soon, and certainly deer, cyclists and pedestrians are unlikely to participate in an a…

Automatic emergency braking is fucking horrifying tho... It has false positives and can be dangerous.

Re: Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink

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Post by tqi »

oatmeal1 wrote: post #126
syndicatedjelly wrote: post #78

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It’s possible to be concerned about two things?

Absolutely, but one is a trifling concern compared to the other. Yet the trifling concern gets the media attention.

What is your point, that newspapers should lay out A1 with "concerns" ordered whatever arbitrary metric you personally have decided is the "right" measure of importance?

Re: Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink

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Post by siquick »

astrostl wrote: post #46
soupfordummies wrote: post #40

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I don't really see how that's related though

ACT test scores have plummeted too. Combined with what we know about the physical brain changes that can be observed after a single mild infection, it all paints a potentially concerning relationship with COVID.

Or spending years being overwhelmed by smartphones mainlining information to us for multiple hours a day is finally catching up with us?

Re: Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink

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Post by mikrotikker »

astrostl wrote: post #46
soupfordummies wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't really see how that's related though

ACT test scores have plummeted too. Combined with what we know about the physical brain changes that can be observed after a single mild infection, it all paints a potentially concerning relationship with COVID.

What about the effects of an extremely wide and extremely quick deployment of a novel vaccine (under threat of being fired)?

Re: Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink

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astrostl wrote: post #46
soupfordummies wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't really see how that's related though

ACT test scores have plummeted too. Combined with what we know about the physical brain changes that can be observed after a single mild infection, it all paints a potentially concerning relationship with COVID.

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Post by throwawayq3423 »

mikrotikker wrote: post #145
astrostl wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ACT test scores have plummeted too. Combined with what we know about the physical brain changes that can be observed after a single mild infection, it all paints a potentially concerning relationship with COVID.

What about the effects of an extremely wide and extremely quick deployment of a novel vaccine (under threat of being fired)?

What does "novel vaccine" mean?

Re: Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink

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Post by zmgsabst »

throwawayq3423 wrote: post #149
mikrotikker wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about the effects of an extremely wide and extremely quick deployment of a novel vaccine (under threat of being fired)?

What does "novel vaccine" mean?

That we haven’t used mRNA gene therapies to treat a virus before.
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