tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post8227468503523362554..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: The Law of Unintended Consequences And Suicidal PilotsSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-13053008466657831212015-03-30T17:53:33.686-04:002015-03-30T17:53:33.686-04:00Well, I like to travel and my only fear in flying ...Well, I like to travel and my only fear in flying is blood clots in my legs. Shit happens sometimes but for the most part flying is pretty damned safe. So I take my coumadin and wear my compression socks and either watch the inflight movie or sleep. The pilot has his job and mine is to enjoy the flight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-48910012883344186242015-03-30T16:07:55.152-04:002015-03-30T16:07:55.152-04:00I haven't felt the urge to fly since prior to ...I haven't felt the urge to fly since prior to That Event under W. If I can't drive, I'm probably better off staying at home, for my wallet's sake.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-41835299259658109822015-03-30T15:52:54.473-04:002015-03-30T15:52:54.473-04:00I've seen a lot of commentators saying that th...I've seen a lot of commentators saying that this couldn't happen in the US because there always have to be 2 people in the cockpit. When the pilot or copilot go to the john a steward or stewardess have to take their place.<br /><br />But...what's to keep the remaining pilot from saying, "Hey, come here and look at this" while pointing out the window. When he/she bends over to look, bam, something just heavy enough to the back of the head to knock them out. Then lock the door and away we go...<br /><br />Even keeping both pilots in the cockpit wouldn't help. One of them could stand up to "stretch"...and take the other pilot out. <br /><br />On other words there is NO POSSIBLE WAY to keep this from happening again. <br /><br />Hmmm...I may just give up flying.LCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146393047895889252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-3351352863307150502015-03-29T22:04:27.793-04:002015-03-29T22:04:27.793-04:00The fire axe is strapped to the cockpit bulkhead I...The fire axe is strapped to the cockpit bulkhead INSIDE the flight deck. At least on every plane I was ever around. And that list is long. DC everything jet, B everything jet, several L, and several scarebus. <br />Maybe things have changed since I retired.<br />Terry<br />Fla. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-28697304522577442662015-03-29T17:08:54.273-04:002015-03-29T17:08:54.273-04:00That must have been a sight: Chief pilot having at...That must have been a sight: Chief pilot having at the cockpit door with an axe. Might have diverted one or two of the first class passengers from their in-fight entertainments.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-58253468162514228732015-03-29T16:17:16.502-04:002015-03-29T16:17:16.502-04:00Anon 1222 - probably in the flight attendant's...Anon 1222 - probably in the flight attendant's storage area. It might have been thought of for this and might be a fire axe, like you see in a lot of buildings. <br /><br />And for sure it was the crazy liberal ideas segment of that program and there were a couple of sane people there, but they didn't wage intelligent arguments against it. <br /><br /><br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-53105830936372347122015-03-29T12:22:22.232-04:002015-03-29T12:22:22.232-04:00I watched that segment and have to add some balanc...I watched that segment and have to add some balance to this. FOX always tries to bring in the left and the right and other sides to do their shows. Sure enough there was a wild eyed liberal or two on the show making wild eyed suggestions. Not quite the same as thoughtful ideas from intelligent people in the industry.<br /><br /><br />I do have a question though related to airline safety. The media is saying that just before the crash the pilot was trying to break into the cockpit using an axe. AN AXE!! Where do they keep this AXE on commercial planes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-38053689100036906382015-03-29T11:53:56.907-04:002015-03-29T11:53:56.907-04:00Sounds like a great way for ISIS to make some recr...Sounds like a great way for ISIS to make some recruiting videos:<br /><br />"<i>Allahu Akbar!</i>"Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-41713755251296681532015-03-29T09:21:04.217-04:002015-03-29T09:21:04.217-04:00The same fallacious "it's cheap" arg...The same fallacious "it's cheap" argument was made for the fad of a few months ago, hanging a camera on every cop in the U.S. Individual cameras are cheap, but the costs associated with storing the data for years are astronomical. (Not to mention the privacy concerns of victims and witnesses.)<br />Old 1811https://www.blogger.com/profile/09079719195789200332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-77726481969665839182015-03-29T05:35:05.767-04:002015-03-29T05:35:05.767-04:00Let's, for a moment, disregard the fiscal and ...Let's, for a moment, disregard the fiscal and technical impacts of this particular wet dream, its personnel issues, and assume that All Has Come To Pass.<br /><br />Every airplane, from 747s and A380s down to Norbert's Piper Cub, is video equipped, the video and audio is transmitted to the appropriate ground terminal in 1080p with zero pixilation and latency, each ground terminal is monitored 24X7 by an unblinking and severely trained expert in Piloting Variance Detection, and supervisory personnel with Unlimited Magical Communications are hovering at his or her elbow to provide additional assistance.<br /><br />The PVD expert glued to the monitor observes cockpit irregularities in a particular Boeing 777 with 290 passengers which is flying at 34,000 feet and 480 knots over northern Peru.<br /><br />Then what? <br /><br />In other news, shit happens, film at eleven.Aliennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-75894679241871492562015-03-29T01:15:50.007-04:002015-03-29T01:15:50.007-04:00With digital media having become as small and as c...With digital media having become as small and as cheap as it currently is, an extra "black box" is unnecessary. Simply add cameras.<br /><br />Why is it these whackos need to take so many other people with them? I wonder if this _apparently_ caucasian German spent any time in his local mosque? Wouldn't be the first white boy to convert to that pedophiliac death cult. Although he never yelled out "Allahu snackbar", so maybe he was simply a depressed sociopath. Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-16587038742518571982015-03-28T22:35:06.620-04:002015-03-28T22:35:06.620-04:00As stated streaming video does nothing to address ...As stated streaming video does nothing to address the problem in real time. But installing cameras to record AV instead of the current audio only is quite feasible. And the cost to store a full 24 hours of video would be minimal. A third 'black box' added to planes to safeguard video in the cockpit AND in the cabin would do a lot to help answer questions that are hard to answer. <br /><br />The people who ALWAYS insist that government 'DO SOMETHING' every time a bad event happens simply cannot grasp that no system is foolproof as the next generation of fools will evolve to defeat new safeguards. <br /><br />Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-23489741670838088522015-03-28T21:08:47.744-04:002015-03-28T21:08:47.744-04:00I am always sadly amazed at the concept among the ...I am always sadly amazed at the concept among the so-called intelligentsia that complete safety is possible if we just spend enough money on the increasingly Rube Goldberg ideas they come up with.<br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015544320906146949noreply@blogger.com