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Oh come on, lighten up a little, it's Friday, it's kinda cool as a display tool. should we reduce the number of flights and CO2 released? Of course.
But no need to be rolling in on a guy that just did something neat...
Show HN: I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights
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#22Are you allowed to code while sitting in the cockpit but not actively flying?
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#23this is cool
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#24this is so cool!
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#26This is great work! I have a somewhat off-topic question. How are your ears? Do pilots have any tricks to save their ears from getting clogged due to the constant pressure changes? Second question. Would it be possible to predict flight delays based on the number of inbound and outbound flights?
Thank you :) I haven't had issue with my ears (other than the occasional lingering cold), but usually a good yawn or chewing gum will clear it. On a normal day, I am fortunate to have wide eustacian tubes I guess!
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#27Those few days that show back-to-back 14hr days must have been an experience :)
What's your favorite thing to see up in the sky and in the clouds?
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#28I love the sequential globe especially!
For an idea - anything you could do with altitude? Your average height above sea level per day? I dunno :p
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#29Having a computer engineering background, what motivated you to become a pilot and switch careers?
I had always been interested in aviation, and I was fortunate that I was in the right place at the right time after graduation to join an airline on a sponsored "cadet scheme". I still (hopefully evidently) very much love software/engineering, but I guess I chose the path of "professional pilot, hobbyist engineer" over the alternative of "professional engineer, hobbyist pilot".
I'm surprised how wide the acceptance age range is for BA's program (18-55). Is it common for people to transfer from unrelated careers? Nice to know that door isn't technically shut for a while!
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#30I'm curious to know what is the small concentrated cluster of flights Northwest of Dulles airport, where the flight durations seem way too high compared to the effective distance between the points.
Those are all of my flights in light aircraft around my hometown in Canada! They fly a little bit slower than the A350 :) There is a similar cluster around the south of Spain where I completed my Commercial/ATPL training.