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Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash

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Re: Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash

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Post by wolvoleo »

crote wrote: post #108
wolvoleo wrote: post #105

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Most human error happens because pilots knowingly ignore safety. "Get-there-itis" for example. You really wanna get home but the weather is an edge case. If you were flying for fun you would stay on the ground but you convince yourself it's not that bad. That kinda thing. Or an engine running a bit rough, "but it's probably ok I'll have it checked next week". What you need is discipline to say no. That's the root cau…

But as they already said: unjustifiable hubris to assume it can't happen to you . Humans make mistakes all. the. time., and you're a human. It is pretty much guaranteed that you are making the exact same kind of mistakes in your day-to-day life. It just doesn't kill you because a broken car merely leaves you stranded and a broken pipe in your home merely causes some financial damage. Do the same with flying and you'l…

It's not hubris, it's planning for contingencies and being strict on safety. This is what is often forgotten. Realising that it can happen to you and knowing what to do then is the key.

It does not give you 100% guarantees but nothing does.

Re: Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash

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Post by wolvoleo »

cucumber3732842 wrote: post #109
wolvoleo wrote: post #104

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Well it's not the safest thing but you control most of that. You decide whether to take off or not, what weather you accept, whether to do a proper walkaround. Usually accidents are due to people taking too many risks. Yes it can happen but you can prevent a lot by being a stickler for safety. And you can put down a GA aircraft in a field easily. When I flew gliders they always taught us to constantly evaluate every…

It's a safe hobby if you want to fly a plane. It's not a safe hobby if you want to have fun flying the plane. It's like the difference between sports car enthusiasts who are proud of how long their tires and brakes last vs the ones who are proud of how short they last.

Well, safely flying a plane can be fun too.

Re: Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash

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Post by wafflemaker »

FabHK wrote: post #102
wafflemaker wrote: post #98

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Looks like a lot. Is it always like that, or were the last two weeks really that special? One thing that sticks out is that GA (small), but also military, planes' accidents usually end with deaths and big planes accidents usually end with everything being fine.

That might be an instance of Berkson‘s paradox. You’ll hear about deadly small plane accidents, and about accidents of large planes, but are unlikely to hear about harmless accidents with small planes. Just not interesting. But they happen all the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkson%27s_paradox

Wow, thanks a lot! I kind of knew things like that happen (one instance of a thing happening brings attention to other similar things), but didn't know it actually had a name.

Thank you. I really like knowing precise names for things, because it gives me a feeling of correctness and satisfaction.

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Post by consumer451 »

lostlogin wrote: post #62
seanvk wrote: post #58

My Dad, a flight instructor, loves to remind me that there are bold pilots and old pilots. But there are no old bold pilots.

Chuck Yeager seemed pretty bold and died at 96. Yay, one old bold pilot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager

Being a test pilot is a whole different thing. It is all about calculated risk. Those calculations are done by teams of engineers and not just the pilot themselves.

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Post by lostglass »

consumer451 wrote: post #124
lostlogin wrote: post #62

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Chuck Yeager seemed pretty bold and died at 96. Yay, one old bold pilot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager

Being a test pilot is a whole different thing. It is all about calculated risk. Those calculations are done by teams of engineers and not just the pilot themselves.

Calculated risk? Nah those guys are gloriously insane. They do minimize risks, but they also go into the air wright-bro-style except instead of a glider that will go 200m they're strapped to two experimental jets in an airframe that was welded, not pressed ^^

Re: Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash

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Post by consumer451 »

lostglass wrote: post #125
consumer451 wrote: post #124

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Being a test pilot is a whole different thing. It is all about calculated risk. Those calculations are done by teams of engineers and not just the pilot themselves.

Calculated risk? Nah those guys are gloriously insane. They do minimize risks, but they also go into the air wright-bro-style except instead of a glider that will go 200m they're strapped to two experimental jets in an airframe that was welded, not pressed ^^

I am not saying that test pilots are not brave. They certainly are. However, they are brave + skilled + practice + smart + can perform under stress.

This is a slightly stretched analogy, but test pilots make me think of Alex Hannold. In the movie Free Solo he is presented as some insane person... it turns out that he is extremely intelligent + skilled + practices a lot + can perform under stress.

In both cases, they are the best of us. However, being brave/nuts is the elementary school version of understanding what it takes to be these people.

Re: Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash

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Post by h4kunamata »

>Guillemot helped transform Ubisoft from a mail-order software business into one of the world's largest video game companies

Wrong, Guillemot and his family greedy, destroyed one of the most successful gaming companies in the gaming history.

If you have been following the gaming space within the last 5 years or so, it is safe to say that he won't be missed, and it opens the door for Tecent to bring the Ubisoft back to its glory if that is even possible at this stage.

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Post by lolc »

MomsAVoxell wrote: post #63
psvv wrote: post #52

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Funny, I put parachutes on my airplanes in kerbal space program (as a safety feature) but never considered what the real-life analogue to that would be. Turns out it's very similar!

Just so its clear, Kerbal is the analog.

Analogue means having the same function. It does not say which came first.

Re: Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash

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Post by MomsAVoxell »

lolc wrote: post #129
MomsAVoxell wrote: post #63

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Just so its clear, Kerbal is the analog.

Analogue means having the same function. It does not say which came first.

False. Analogue does not mean having the same function.

Analogue, in this sense, means some action or thing seen as comparable to another.

If something is analogous of, or to something, it is proportional to something else.

The proportionality describes a primary/secondary relationship. If two actions/things are entirely comparable - i.e. orthagonality approximating 0.0 - then they are not analogues, but rather equivalents.

Something may be a poor comparison to another thing, but still be an analogue - albeit, a poor analogue in comparison to some other, original, instance.

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