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by kayfox 6y ago
They test the cards so that they can sell the card list and promote such a sale with assertions about how much of it is good (100% tested, etc). These brokers don't want to get involved in any significant fraudulent charges for various
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by kayfox 6y ago
I'm both surprised and really not that your CFIs make fun of pointing and calling, then again I've encountered CFIs who don't know things AOPA Air Safety has been hammering on for years.
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by kayfox 7y ago
The 777 was a clean sheet design that incorporated fly-by-wire as it was designed in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Thusly it cannot be operated without the computers running, whereas the 737 can and has. Its also 4 times larger than th
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by kayfox 7y ago
I wonder how effective guard llamas are with cows...
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by kayfox 7y ago
Some more info on Compassionate Use: https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects...
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by kayfox 7y ago
Its just an inductive pickup. In most phones some of your voice is fed back into the earpiece, this is called sidetone and is used to make you self regulate the volume of your voice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidet
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by kayfox 7y ago
Tucker Sno-Cat is still in business too, still making snow crawlers. There's something to be said about businesses that don't try to diversify, they just keep making one line of good product.
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by kayfox 7y ago
Theatre tech here, screw terminal blocks are not rated for being in any sort of flexing situation nor are they very good at stranded cable. It would be a better idea to get a cable specifically designed to break out to 3 IEC connectors.
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by kayfox 7y ago
The tool crib checkout is done on computer at least. The toolbox inspections might be fudged. It also might be downstream or upstream of the Boeing factories, like at one of the companies that manufactures major components (example: Spiri
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by kayfox 7y ago
I have heard from union members about union pushback on such things, but that may be anti-union sentiment or rumors.
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by kayfox 7y ago
Its by airframe, not by military or civilian. The military airframes are made in the same factory as the corresponding civilian airframe, its just flown to a different facility (In Seattle or such) to be built out with the required milita
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by kayfox 7y ago
I think its probably a lack of supervision and not a lack of protocols, if it were a lack of protocols the 787s assembled in Everett would have the same issues. Also, I have personally observed the use of protocols to prevent this in tour
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by kayfox 7y ago
Its the same at the Boeing factories, it will be interesting to see where this stuff gets traced to.
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by kayfox 7y ago
Charleston makes 787s and parts for some other aircraft. The KC-767/KC-46 is assembled at the Everett factory by IAM union machinists.
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by kayfox 7y ago
Based on the last time I was in the Everett factory (3 years ago), Boeing requires all machinists have foam cutouts in their toolboxes and that every tool is returned to the toolbox at the end of the shift. Tools checked out from the tool
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by kayfox 7y ago
I wonder how much effort has been made to avoid these systems blacklisting people for protected traits (sex, age, race, etc) or disabilities. Probably very little.
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by kayfox 7y ago
The two main complaints are: 1. Inaccurate weight and balance calculations (seems to be passenger seating since its reported to not be baggage weight and balance). 2. 88 aircraft with non-conforming repairs, the airline has since replaced
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by kayfox 7y ago
I think Boeing is getting smacked in the face by a change in pilot skill levels and areas that has been happening around the world since the 90's. Boeing is in a really bad position to specify minimum training requirements, since any t
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by kayfox 7y ago
I think it cuts both ways, not only have there been issues with the minimum training specified by the manufacturer, but with the minimum training evaluated by the FAA. This shows in what kind of mistakes are being made these days and real
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by kayfox 7y ago
>If the 737 MAX had been a new aircraft type, it would not have been a problem. If the aircraft was a new type this still would have been an issue that would have to be corrected, see FARS 25.173.
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by kayfox 7y ago
The software quality of the space shuttle is much higher than commercial aircraft. https://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff
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by kayfox 7y ago
There's a distinct difference between the coverage of the New York Times and the Seattle Times. Both a very critical of Boeing, but the NYT seems to have a weekly quota of Boeing articles whereas the Seattle Times only publishes when
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by kayfox 7y ago
Well, the King of the Netherlands does fly 737s.
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by kayfox 7y ago
Also note they are asking for the CEO of Boeing to come to the Netherlands to be questioned by them. "Members of the Dutch parliament wanted to question the Boeing chief executive, David Calhoun, about the company’s possible influence
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by kayfox 7y ago
Should be B38M. Its standard ICAO terminology. I haven't seen that sorta thing on booking sites, but its common on sites like FlightAware.
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by kayfox 7y ago
My experience is most airlines in the US will tell you on booking, its just not put out in the open.
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by kayfox 7y ago
Drat, we have no known examples of perfect software.
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by kayfox 7y ago
Honestly the mechanical engineering is also error prone, its just got margins that make it hard to mess up. There are instances where it does mess up, like the long list of cargo door issues through the 80s, the 737 rudder issue (as well
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by kayfox 7y ago
They have missiles for those caves. ;)
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by kayfox 7y ago
It did take it into account, but the incorrect angle reporting was not severe enough to result in the sensor being marked as faulty. From the sound of things it was designed to deal with large bit flips, sensor jamming the the home positio

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