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Posted on 3/24/15 at 7:41 am to redneck
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I know right,I'll be flying over the everglades in May, kinda scary!
Prayers sent.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 7:47 am to Eurocat
prayers sent. how long before Muslims start "bragging"?
Posted on 3/24/15 at 7:49 am to BACONisMEATcandy
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I've had numerous pilots tell me that airbus' autopilot is unsafe. That's the reason I avoid it.
One, let me note that this is absolutley horrible and I hate it for the families. But I for some odd reason am absolutely fascinated by commercial air disasters. One of my favorite shows is Mayday/Air Disasters.
Based on your comment I remember watching one (actually a couple but this one in particular) that echoed your sentiment. A russian airbus went down cause the pilot let his kid up into the cockpit and put him in the seat. The kid was playing with the controls (trying to steer it) and it disengaged the auto pilot for I want to say the ailerons? The autopilot was still engaged EXCEPT for that one control and it sent the plane into an unexpected spin because the pilots couldn't understand why they were turning on autopilot until it was too late.
Since then I have noticed several issues where pilots didn't understand the capabilities and the limits of the airbus autopilot. It may be all autopilots but they basically said what another poster said: pilots are so fixated on monitoring everything else that they'll miss a few things with the autopilot. But I am no expert at all.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 7:58 am to Eurocat
sad.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:11 am to Damn Good Dawg
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But I for some odd reason am absolutely fascinated by commercial air disasters
Same here. That show "why planes crash" is fascinating to me. I have a few pilot friends who refuse to watch it which is a mistake IMO bc they need to learn from the mistakes of others.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:16 am to Eurocat
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An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday and all 150 on board were feared dead.
Prayers sent
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:17 am to MikeBRLA
Kinda interesting indeed. Think of the mistakes you made in your job when you first began, up until today. Most are just a my bad situation and that's the end of it. Not really the case here several thousand feet off the ground
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:19 am to MikeBRLA
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I have a few pilot friends who refuse to watch it which is a mistake IMO bc they need to learn from the mistakes of others.
I'm guessing they have a more reliable source of that kind of info besides a TV show.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:20 am to MLSter
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kinda scary, me and my family will be there in June
Ugh, I would be considerably more worried about the nazi regime roaming the country. Here's to hoping you're white and blonde.
(If we're playing the it's happened before, it's got to continually happen game my comment isn't so dumb is it?)
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:21 am to sicboy
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more reliable source
YouTube Channel...?
This post was edited on 3/24/15 at 8:22 am
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:25 am to WeeWee
quote:Mix in a couple of pre-flight prayers while you're at it.
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An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday and all 150 on board were feared dead.
Prayers sent
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:26 am to BACONisMEATcandy
Ya, I'm not informing the fiancée about this one
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:29 am to sicboy
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I'm guessing they have a more reliable source of that kind of info besides a TV show.
The show has FAA and TSA investigators who train pilots and make industry standards, but carry on.
Anyway, the main reason my pilot friends don't watch it is bc they don't want to be reminded of just how helpless the pilots were in many of these crashes.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:41 am to Eurocat
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:45 am to Teddy Ruxpin
My wife is flying to Israel this weekend. I won't sleep soundly until she returns.
And she isn't even flying Delta
And she isn't even flying Delta
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:46 am to BACONisMEATcandy
El Al?
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:48 am to BACONisMEATcandy
Ya, if I told her we flew not only LH but that same aircraft BCN-Frankfurt she'd freak.
Have one 320 MSY - LAX on next trip with a 330 on another segment. Everything else Boeing. You've made me paranoid.
Have one 320 MSY - LAX on next trip with a 330 on another segment. Everything else Boeing. You've made me paranoid.
This post was edited on 3/24/15 at 8:49 am
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:50 am to Cosmo
United & Austrian Air
ETA: At least she's on Boeing 777's
ETA: At least she's on Boeing 777's
This post was edited on 3/24/15 at 8:51 am
Posted on 3/24/15 at 8:51 am to Teddy Ruxpin
Airbus is fine. Dont let these Boeing fgts scare you.
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