Posted on 10/28/2023 4:09:56 PM PDT by george76
They’ll lower the standards to the point where a child could be an ATC
No air for me. Just summertime rv transport. The airlines do not deserve my business. I was dependent when a working stiff—now I lead a more civil lifestyle. Just not in tune with being trapped onboard during 4 hour ground delays with no explanation tendered. Enough.
This is a MUST see & share.
Juanita Broaddrick@atensnut
This is GREAT…. Whoever did it.
Whoever made this mini-doc on Washington politicians narrated by A.I. David Attenborough, I love you
Weight and balance 😜
I accompanied a student pilot flying his own plane from Brown Field to Tijuana airport for fuel. Brown had failed to renew the fuel contract, so TJ was the closest alternative. The quid pro quo for my participation was getting experience in doing an international flight both directions.
The "fun" started as we landed and TJ and got "in line" to get fueled. The student nearly ran the leading edge of his left wing into a pickup truck windshield. As we waited. a larger aircraft grossly overload with Boy Scouts was taxiing with the nose wheel bouncing up and down off the ground. The aircraft struggled to get off the ground, but finally gained sufficient airspeed to stabilize.
After fueling, I insisted on flying back to Brown. On the downwind leg abeam the tower, I was cleared to land and proceed to customs. I pulled power and turned base leg, then final. I flared and set the main gear down and gently lowered the nose. The nose wheel rattled and shuddered. I gently pulled nose back up and asked, "what the hell is that?". Oh, he said, I need to do some work on the nosewheel. WTF? I bled enough airspeed to set the nose back down and it settled into a steerable mode. Suffice to say, I was really PO'ed to have the "deferred maintenance" admitted when the bad behavior occurred.
They are already in health care. Haven’t you noticed?
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Ooops.
Yow!
air safety by affirmative action.
This has been going on for a long time. In the early 1990s a Washington Times article quoted from the FAA’s Southwest Regional Managers Handbook telling managers to not let qualifications get in the way of meeting diversity goals.
A bomb set off by the Canary Islands Independence Movement at Gran Canaria Airport had caused many flights to be diverted to Los Rodeos, including the two aircraft involved in the accident. The airport quickly became congested with parked airplanes blocking the only taxiway and forcing departing aircraft to taxi on the runway instead. Patches of thick fog were drifting across the airfield, so visibility was greatly reduced for pilots and the control tower.[2][3]
The subsequent investigation by Spanish authorities concluded that the primary cause of the accident was the KLM captain’s decision to take off in the mistaken belief that a takeoff clearance from air traffic control (ATC) had been issued.[4]
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You are exactly correct. I have little doubt that CLEAR, SPECIFIC and CORRECT instructions from ATC guys would have resulted in this accident not happening.
FYI, there were 61 survivors on the Pan Am. KLM did assume responsibility for liability. With 583 fatalities, it remains the deadliest accident in aviation history. But, in my opinion, Affirmative Action will eventually kill more.
I don’t think Air Traffic Control is quite where you want to send far-left Affirmative Action Heroes.
I was an air traffic controller. Affirmative action controllers really suck.
The $64 question is whether the FAA will lower test performance requirements to acquire the preferred gender and racial staffing balance. The military did it for ranger school.
Ditto!
This is scary as hell.
Flight attendant’s were/are predominantly a woman’s job tho.
What % of blind ppl are they looking for?
How about picking from the most qualified?
Great real life info, thanks.
It sure seems like a difficult job; many split second decisions need to be made I’d think.
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