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Comment Re:SpiceJet is terrible (Score 1) 8

I would argue that Jet Airways was worse. They had to turn a flight around because the pilots forgot to turn on the cabin pressurization, injuring 30 passengers. This was about 9 months after the incident where the pilots got into a mid-flight fight, one left the cockpit, and when they didn't come back right away, the second pilot went looking for them. Thankfully, the cockpit door didn't lock them out.

My SpiceJet flight was bad, but I'll take tiny, cramped, rude and late over no one flying the plane.

Comment It's the same guy in charge both companies (Score 4, Informative) 80

The "new" company is 50% owned by the old owners. It's the same jackass who sold them without a subscription who is now demanding one. If this isn't criminal, it should be. If this isn't taken care of by the government, then he should be taken care of by a mob.

Comment Re:Its nothing new (Score 1) 43

And how does the kite get to this altitude where the winds can't suddenly stop?

In my experience flying small planes and gliders up to 10,000 feet, I've never flown at an altitude that the winds can't suddenly stop or change direction. It was especially important on long flights in the glider over flat landscapes that this was not the case. And I've never heard of anything lower than the jetstream where light winds were impossible, and I don't think these kites will get to 30,000 feet in their 45 second flights.

At altitude, air is less dense and can move faster. But this is not the same as the wind at altitude moves fast. There are less objects to cause instabilities and changes in direction, but this does not mean it can't. Wind shear exists at every altitude planes typically fly. Even on days with a steady prevailing wind, for every thermal moving air upwards, there is a cylinder (-ish, shape may vary) around it of air moving downwards. These changes of direction matter, too.

Comment Re:Seems strange to allow user input (Score 1) 108

I can't think of a good reason why you would want to keep the power lever forward when you were about to turn off the fuel anyway...

One reason is to have the engine try to burn the fuel in the lines until the residual pressure of the pumps bleeds off. If there's a fire caused by a leak between the pumps and engine, this is the best course of action rather than let that fuel get entirely pushed out of the leak. It will also give you a few extra seconds of power, which might be the difference in getting back to the airport or crashing just short.

Aviation safety usually is geared to giving the pilots the most options in an emergency. If there is a need to cutoff the fuel pumps, the pilots have the option to do it regardless of any other control's position.

Comment Re:Trump has expanded the high skill work visas (Score 2, Informative) 235

There is zero evidence of any of those people actually putting up any resistance to Trump. They roll over and say falsehoods he randomly spouts despite claiming the exact opposite the day before. They endure insults to their spouses. Every time they speak at cabinet meetings it must start with fawning praise stating how great Trump is. Not one person you mentioned has even the vestiges of a spine left. This fantasy of the cabinet standing up to him has no basis in reality. The idea that Trump's base would support anyone but Trump in a conflict is laughable.

Trump has expressly stated he could be president for a third term. There has been no action this term that indicates he will obey the constitution.

There was no constitutional basis for ignoring the results of an election. None of his lawsuits had even the beginnings of a constitutional right for him to remain in power. This is why he resorted to stirring up an insurrection.

Comment Re:Trump has expanded the high skill work visas (Score 2) 235

A fire extinguisher is a weapon when it is thrown at your head. A pole is a weapon when swung at you. A fence stake is a weapon when someone stabs you with it.

Pepper spray and stun guns aren't weapons? Try bringing them into a courthouse.

How about the officer who was dragged down a set of steps,hit six times with a stun gun and beaten with a American flag on a pole?
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld...

138 officers injured, 15 hospitalized, and one dead, with dozens of altercations captured on camera showing the insurrectionists starting the fights and causing the injuries. Fuck you, your ignorant bullshit and your weak attempt at revisionist history.

Comment Re:So the seller copied? (Score 1) 84

What the actual fuck? You could have read the SECOND FUCKING PARAGRAPH of the summary:

"[T]hey were able to prove their innocence by pulling up the Facebook Marketplace listing for their games and sending the photos of their purchased cartridges. According to the Redditor, the process was painless and fast, and it was "so much easier than getting support from Microsoft or Sony...."

Legit cartridges, quickly and easily reversed, nothing to see here.

Comment Re: Tier 2 time. (Score 1) 248

You're acting like the switches immediately shut off the engines, and you're demanding superhuman abilities in the pilot's responses. The switches turn off the fuel pumps, they do not immediately purge all pressure from the fuel lines and stop the engines. There would have been at least a couple of seconds of the engines running normally, then they would start slowly losing power. The fuel switches are not the first item on the checklist for losing power to the engines. They did not "delay" flipping them back on, the pilots, like every other human, would need a couple of seconds for the problem even to show symptoms, then a few seconds to diagnose the cause.

I have never seen a larger example of people just making shit up randomly to justify their own pet theories as I have on this thread.

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