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Given that every affected 737 MAX has been grounded for inspection already, this seems a bit hyperbolic. If you are still worried about some hitherto unknown new problem from Boeing, it could just as likely come from any of their airframes.
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>I think a pretty fair response is to try and avoid entering that car regardless of the ratio of incidents when driving that car, and when biking to the dealership to get it "avoid" is doing a lot of the heavy lifting here though. If doing so doesn't cost me anything, then avoiding that car is a non-brainer. However in real life nothing is really costless. Avoiding that car at the very least would cause you to wait l…
Right it would be a bigger problem if I owned and depended on this hypothetical car but my hypothetical self only needs it for Ubers. Maybe I’ll switch to Lyft or local Taxi service. That might make me wait more but the point is that this isn’t a hysterical response, much like monitoring and avoiding the 737 MAX until further notice isn’t hysterical. It’s simply sensible.
Taken another way: That your Uber driver is not as safe as others is not, in itself, a reason to reschedule your life to avoid them on the principle there is a safer option somewhere else. It's reason to ask the question how unsafe are they actually and is that level of difference vs normal something the extra inconvenience is worthwhile for. The point of someone mentioning cars is, if you actually quantify the risk change, it's likely you're rescheduling your flights around a risk which is less concerning than the rest of your day to day life and things you accept for getting to the airport in the first place. Without quantifiably discounting that you're letting news headlines dictate your life by fear instead of acting sensibly.
Can someone tell what stack is used to build this website? I am new to FE and looking to understand how to create simple websites like this, where is the database, how are they connected/hosted, and how much it takes to run them monthly. Thanks in advance
This is a simple Next.js React app, deployed with Vercel. The component library is MUI.
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Normally I would agree with them that making the recording much longer than it plausibly needs to be is not a good idea. Preventing life-or-death situations is about the only reason I'm in favour of recording anything at all. However evidently 2 hours of sound isn't long enough. Just because a plane keeps going for more a few hours doesn't mean the incident wasn't serious enough to warrant recording.
Sure, more time would be good for investigators. But pilots have legitimate concerns about these recordings. Those concerns need to be heard and addressed so this change can be made safely.
They deserve to put forward their concerns regarding the use of the recordings. They may have to concede the point on the length of the recording though, that one is hard to justify if it impacts a legitimate and reasonable investigation. And if these recordings are abused then their length is not the most damaging aspect.
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Sure, more time would be good for investigators. But pilots have legitimate concerns about these recordings. Those concerns need to be heard and addressed so this change can be made safely.
I'm not calling their concerns illegitimate, heck I probably agree with most of them. Some people are way too happy to record everything and use it however they like, even suggesting the recordings should be used to to blame pilots (!). They deserve to put forward their concerns regarding the use of the recordings. They may have to concede the point on the length of the recording though, that one is hard to justify i…
Their concerns require consideration to avoid the chilling effect on communication. If pilots aren’t on board with the changes the intended benefits may not be realized.
Pilots aren’t robots. You can’t dictate behavior to them. They’re human and intelligent, that makes the environment complex and delicate. The mutual trust from a blameless culture must be maintained. That means treating pilots with respect and listening to their concerns.
If the concern is retaliation (reasonable concern IMO) then pilots need stronger protection to alleviate that. They are probably most likely to trust those protections if they come from the union rather than FAA or the company who can then “alter the deal.”
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I call it representative democracy.
representing only those with the most money at the expense of literally everyone else
Are you less safe on a 737 MAX than driving to the airport in a car? Genuinely curious, I’m trying to understand if this whole saga is statistically significant.
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A380 can loose only one engine and fly, same as smaller planes, they can loose an engine and land.
> A380 can loose only one engine and fly Modern airliners can glide tens miles with complete loss of power. (It's why they have RATs [1].) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_air_turbine