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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

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@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

Could you imagine being a passenger on that plane? I already hate to fly.

I actually don't have a problem with the general idea.

and if the rumor I've heard is true,

that most commercial flights today are auto pilot take off and land - oh and fly the course

then no, I don't really have a problem with this.

That's a rumor. More hand flying has been done for a couple of years now.

Why is that?

I believe it was in response to a crash in San Francisco where the pilot lacked the critical skills to correct what was going on and everyone died in the crash.

The FAA recommended it. I think this article touches on it.

https://www.nbaa.org/ops/safety/20130125-faa-recommends-pilots-spend-more-time-hand-flying-their-aircraft.php

So because pilots can't fly well enough, we'll use them more often? Great idea.

Eh, I think that's a stretch. It's a skill that involves muscle memory. If you don't practice you lose some of your skill

That's true...even with a simple simulator.

I'm no pilot, but I practice with the runways at Area 51. With the HUGE runways I still screw up. It isn't easy!

I do simulations on a fairly regular basis, done a carrier launch that was really cool.

Those are hard!! Landing.....ugh!!

A simple sim like http://gefs-online.com/gefs.php is a lot of fun! I flew from Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean to Moscow in that. I think I have like 300 hours of flying time just in that 1 sim. It's an easy sim, so you don't have to think too much about it...just enjoy.

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

Could you imagine being a passenger on that plane? I already hate to fly.

I actually don't have a problem with the general idea.

and if the rumor I've heard is true,

that most commercial flights today are auto pilot take off and land - oh and fly the course

then no, I don't really have a problem with this.

That's a rumor. More hand flying has been done for a couple of years now.

Why is that?

I believe it was in response to a crash in San Francisco where the pilot lacked the critical skills to correct what was going on and everyone died in the crash.

The FAA recommended it. I think this article touches on it.

https://www.nbaa.org/ops/safety/20130125-faa-recommends-pilots-spend-more-time-hand-flying-their-aircraft.php

So because pilots can't fly well enough, we'll use them more often? Great idea.

Eh, I think that's a stretch. It's a skill that involves muscle memory. If you don't practice you lose some of your skill

That's true...even with a simple simulator.

I'm no pilot, but I practice with the runways at Area 51. With the HUGE runways I still screw up. It isn't easy!

I actually took a summer course when I was a teenager and flew a plane with assistance

Nice!! I hate to fly as a passenger, but to pilot...oh yeah!! I'd do it.

My friend told me once "I would bring you up on a fight and let you fly, but it's been so long since I flew a small aircraft, I'd probably kill us both LOL'.

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

Could you imagine being a passenger on that plane? I already hate to fly.

I actually don't have a problem with the general idea.

and if the rumor I've heard is true,

that most commercial flights today are auto pilot take off and land - oh and fly the course

then no, I don't really have a problem with this.

That's a rumor. More hand flying has been done for a couple of years now.

Why is that?

I believe it was in response to a crash in San Francisco where the pilot lacked the critical skills to correct what was going on and everyone died in the crash.

The FAA recommended it. I think this article touches on it.

https://www.nbaa.org/ops/safety/20130125-faa-recommends-pilots-spend-more-time-hand-flying-their-aircraft.php

So because pilots can't fly well enough, we'll use them more often? Great idea.

Eh, I think that's a stretch. It's a skill that involves muscle memory. If you don't practice you lose some of your skill

That's true...even with a simple simulator.

I'm no pilot, but I practice with the runways at Area 51. With the HUGE runways I still screw up. It isn't easy!

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

Could you imagine being a passenger on that plane? I already hate to fly.

I actually don't have a problem with the general idea.

and if the rumor I've heard is true,

that most commercial flights today are auto pilot take off and land - oh and fly the course

then no, I don't really have a problem with this.

That's a rumor. More hand flying has been done for a couple of years now.

Why is that?

I believe it was in response to a crash in San Francisco where the pilot lacked the critical skills to correct what was going on and everyone died in the crash.

The FAA recommended it. I think this article touches on it.

https://www.nbaa.org/ops/safety/20130125-faa-recommends-pilots-spend-more-time-hand-flying-their-aircraft.php

The funny thing is that they are telling pilots to only be at the stick when it is least likely to screw up, at least that's how I'm reading it. "We want you to be better... but only when it matters the least."

Yeah, that's how I read it too.

My friend tells me she use to throw it on autopilot at 500ft after takeoff and off at 50ft, but now she's hand flying it almost all the way down from cruising altitude.

@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

The FAA is recommending humans fly more often, than say a computer, which has a very limited chance of a royal cluster f..... yeah I'm not listening to the FAA any more..

Ask the people on the flight from Rio to Paris where the PITOT tubes froze and there was no autopilot? You can't, they all died because the co-pilot could figure out the plane was in a stall even though the alarm went off over 200 times.

That article has a PDF of the actual FAA document.

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

Could you imagine being a passenger on that plane? I already hate to fly.

I actually don't have a problem with the general idea.

and if the rumor I've heard is true,

that most commercial flights today are auto pilot take off and land - oh and fly the course

then no, I don't really have a problem with this.

That's a rumor. More hand flying has been done for a couple of years now.

Why is that?

I believe it was in response to a crash in San Francisco where the pilot lacked the critical skills to correct what was going on and everyone died in the crash.

The FAA recommended it. I think this article touches on it.

https://www.nbaa.org/ops/safety/20130125-faa-recommends-pilots-spend-more-time-hand-flying-their-aircraft.php

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

Could you imagine being a passenger on that plane? I already hate to fly.

I actually don't have a problem with the general idea.

and if the rumor I've heard is true,

that most commercial flights today are auto pilot take off and land - oh and fly the course

then no, I don't really have a problem with this.

That's a rumor. More hand flying has been done for a couple of years now.

@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:

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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

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Circular runways???

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39284294

I read about that before. I think it's a really cool idea and would love to see it in use.

I just was texting my friend who is a JetBlue pilot. She doesn't think it's a good idea LOL

I wonder why not, other then having to land, and take off, at a slight angle, I don't see many issues with it. Cross traffic may be the biggest issue but that would just take some logistics and training to get around.

Her contention was that it would take up a lot more space, materials, etc, and wouldn't be very economically viable.

Training...oh yeah!! Plus you would have to reconfigure the plane's landing gear for starters. Sounds really expensive.

So, if you have to have a different set of landing gear for the type of airport that you are departing from/arriving to, then you are going to have a different network of airports as planes with circular gear can't utilize airports with straight runways, etc.

In IT-speak, this is an OSI layer 1 problem.

Or do you need different landing gear that can be configured for both types of airports?

When I hear it, I start thinking of tires and suspensions for an F1 car as opposed to a NASCAR. I'm sure people smarter than me have thought all this up already LOL

Could you imagine being a passenger on that plane? I already hate to fly.

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

Circular runways???

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39284294

I read about that before. I think it's a really cool idea and would love to see it in use.

I just was texting my friend who is a JetBlue pilot. She doesn't think it's a good idea LOL

I wonder why not, other then having to land, and take off, at a slight angle, I don't see many issues with it. Cross traffic may be the biggest issue but that would just take some logistics and training to get around.

Her contention was that it would take up a lot more space, materials, etc, and wouldn't be very economically viable.

Training...oh yeah!! Plus you would have to reconfigure the plane's landing gear for starters. Sounds really expensive.

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

Circular runways???

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39284294

I read about that before. I think it's a really cool idea and would love to see it in use.

I just was texting my friend who is a JetBlue pilot. She doesn't think it's a good idea LOL

Circular runways???

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39284294

A Nestle's Toll House Cafe opened near my house, so last night I went to check it out.

A milk shake, crepe, and 19 cookies cost almost $23. Expensive, but the cookies were freshly baked and sooo good!

Last weekend went to Lake Winnipesaukee and Gunstock Mountain. It was great because it never got past 12 degrees and it was 7 degree at Gunstock, so the area was pretty much dead.

Out of the Park 18 comes out on the 24th for all you baseball nuts.

McDonald's Twitter account got hacked.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/16/mcdonalds-twitter-account-appears-to-have-been-hacked-posts-anti-trump-tweet.html

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Head hunter called today and wanted to set up a meeting. Researched their company. WOW!!! They don't have a good online reputation.

Is it REALLY a head hunter? Or just a random staffer?

Good question. I'm not going to respond to him anymore and find out.

Which company is it?

Alexander Technology Group

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Head hunter called today and wanted to set up a meeting. Researched their company. WOW!!! They don't have a good online reputation.

Is it REALLY a head hunter? Or just a random staffer?

Good question. I'm not going to respond to him anymore and find out.