https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/welcome-to-perth-sydney-airport-sign-confusing-air-travellers/ar-AAKVCls

(Written on 2021年06月11日)(Permalink)

Found the Russian!

(Written on 2021年05月07日)(Permalink)

That's the wokiest comment so far! heh.

(Written on 2021年04月10日)(Permalink)

There was also something that the aircraft required a copilot to be properly flown by IFR.

(Written on 2021年02月14日)(Permalink)

Yeah, well... Famous people are famous. Ashley Judd trips on a log in the jungle while looking for monkeys, breaks her leg badly, almost loses the leg, and almost dies... It makes the news. I'm sure she wasn't the first.

(Written on 2021年02月14日)(Permalink)

"Wait! You're gonna try to hit this thing down on a strip of concrete? No thanks, buddy! I'll just get out here!"

(Written on 2021年02月14日)(Permalink)

Federal incident investigator here. (though retired) Also certified in investigating human causal factors. Certainly money is a potential causal factor. A company takes shortcuts with their safety program because it's less costly. Quality control of raw materials are not properly verified. Manpower is stretched with overtime rather than hiring additional staff. Maintenance is delayed. Every company says "Safety First!" But that's just not true. I investigated a muti-fatality incident at DuPont in La Porte TX where a freak cold snap in November caused freezing of sections of a plant that had never occurred previously. Wait a week for restart, and the weather warms up. The system thaws. Production resumes. DuPont chose to try to thaw the system during the cold snap, ending up opening lines that contained highly toxic chemicals. Four people died. Several others almost died. My conclusion? Money talks.

(Written on 2021年02月14日)(Permalink)

"Let's not forget that both of the pilot and the company initially did not want to do the flight. And when they told that to Kobe - the response was a threat of loss of continued business. Read: cancel culture" Cancel Culture is attempting to stop the spread of ideas, especially by shutting down or muting people's communications. Ostracism. It's not canceling a contract.

(Written on 2021年02月14日)(Permalink)

Ah! I had asked above if I remembered correctly that this aircraft required a copilot for IFR. Yay! I remembered correctly!

(Written on 2021年02月14日)(Permalink)

I thought I saw that this guy actually taught IFR...

(Written on 2021年02月14日)(Permalink)