Posted on 07/19/2023 1:41:35 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Starting in 2020, airlines did two insanely stupid things: They forced a generation of their most experienced pilots into early retirement, then committed to new race-based hiring rules.
A wagon train sounds more appealing to me right now than setting foot on a plane with a pilot more trained in detecting microaggressions at work than changes in airspeed and altitude.
I hate flying. My poor husband still has a sore arm from where I grabbed him every time the plane hit turbulence on our last flight. I didn’t always hate it — I used to fly across the country to and from college constantly without thinking about it. I’d fly to Europe without stressing about anything other than how bored I’d be for 12 hours. The Chuck Yeager voice of the calm pilot telling me to put my seatbelt on was reassuring. I was in good hands — the best.
But after one super bumpy flight through a storm cloud during a landing in Paris, I developed a fear of turbulence. This led to me falling into a plane crash rabbit hole. I learned about every gruesome plane crash from the last 50 years. I began to try to find out what caused most crashes, in a vain attempt to prevent having to go out like that.
What brings down an airplane? 9/11: al-Qaida terrorists. The American Airlines crash right after 9/11 out of JFK airport in New York: pilot error. The terrible Air France flight from South America: frozen pitot tubes and pilot error. The Calgon Air crash: ice and pilot error. The miracle on the Hudson: fat geese.
The miracle on the Hudson flight confirmed that in the unlikely event of a flight mishap, having a skilled pilot is literally your only hope.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
You should look up KILLER KING HOSPITAL.....The liberal rag,L A Times did a hit piece on the hospital and won a Pulitzer for it......The “”black hospital””.....The patient that forced them to close died a horrible death..Her name was Edith Isabell Rodriguez....
“I don’t know how to fly a 777 correctly, but I can fly one.”
Total dumbA$$ery.
Adding that to the list of: If I can't drive there, I'm not going there.
Let me axe you a kestion…
80% of the work is done by 20% of employees at just about every organization. Might be 90/10 in the next 10 years.
I’m glad I’ve permanently given up flying. I won’t ever get in an aircraft again unless I’m in the pilot seat. I will not allow myself to become a victim of affirmative action and tokenism.
Post #12 close the thread we have a winner.
use the power of the purse do your home work and avoid
When I went to Iceland my stewardesses were all hot blondes.
There’s no point to that, I was just daydreaming.
I only go to Europe now. No more tropical islands.
High odds of white male pilots.
I hear Eastern Europe is interesting right now….
Welcome aboard FR.
A lot of the foreign airlines are nice…..and the stewardesses aren’t some 3 1/2ft wide hogpen explosion.
Something has gone terribly wrong with America.
Before the US Airline industry goes back to hiring pilots based on their actual skills and education there will need to be an airliner crash or three caused by the incompetence of the pilots that were hired because of their race.
Thanks! Just redid the whole cooling system on our 94 4runner this winter.
Too late. Far too many underqualified in the cockpits.
“Modern commercial airplanes literally can fly themselves.from takeoff to landing.”
Total BS. Childish fantasies you read on the Internet.
5 plus years as an Avionics navigation technician in the USAF,
Retired Boeing engineer.
You are incorrect.
So nicely stated, my very good FRiend.
You missed the point altogether.
40 years an airline pilot and 20 years a check airman for a major airline. You are the one incorrect. Just because an airline has autopilot and auto light system does most certainly NOT mean they fly themselves.
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