[GiofromNJ]

god i love that movie. i'm 33 btw...you'd be surprised how many people considerably older than i who haven't seen that movie.

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Originally Posted by GiofromNJ

god i love that movie. i'm 33 btw...you'd be surprised how many people considerably older than i who haven't seen that movie.

It was a classic. I still rewatch it every now and then. Oddly, my wife didn’t seem to think it was funny as I did. Women, can’t live with ‘em, pass the beer nuts.

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by Herdalum

It was a classic. I still rewatch it every now and then. Oddly, my wife didn’t seem to think it was funny as I did. Women, can’t live with ‘em, pass the beer nuts.

Then keep her away from "Spinal Tap".......

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Originally Posted by Real Dodger

Then keep her away from "Spinal Tap".......

I missed that one somehow...

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by Herdalum

I missed that one somehow...

The thing about "Spinal Tap", for me, was it got funnier every time I watched it. Most comedies are the reverse of that. Very dry humor in that movie.

[Captain Blood]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news...dpo?ocid=ientp

trained-for-the-risks-of-a-new-boeing-737-max-flight-feature

[eluded]

Automation fail. Sucks.

....FAA to issue an emergency directive warning pilots that a computer on the 737 MAX could force the plane to descend sharply for up to 10 seconds even in manual flight, making it difficult for a pilot to control the aircraft.

Pilots can stop this automated response by pressing two buttons if the system behaves unexpectedly, the directive said.

[DDD31]

Originally Posted by eluded

Automation fail. Sucks.

....FAA to issue an emergency directive warning pilots that a computer on the 737 MAX could force the plane to descend sharply for up to 10 seconds even in manual flight, making it difficult for a pilot to control the aircraft.

Pilots can stop this automated response by pressing two buttons if the system behaves unexpectedly, the directive said.

Yeah it sure would have been nice if Boeing told us about this new system to help prevent a stall. It sounds like the good engineers at Boeing decided to take a page out of the Airbus design school and remove the pilot from the equation.

[Dang3r]

As an Airbus pilot: If its Boeing, Im not going

[DDD31]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

As an Airbus pilot: If its Boeing, Im not going

.

[Captain Blood]

https://apple.news/Az1UdbblcQf6BbJkkfgXoEQ
A Boeing Co. 737 jet struck a light almost 100 feet beyond the end of a runway and just 14 inches high after taking off with insufficient power when its pilots entered the incorrect air-temperature into a computer, according to an air accident bulletin


I hope this doesn't happen on my trip to LaGuardia next week

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by eluded

Automation fail. Sucks.

....FAA to issue an emergency directive warning pilots that a computer on the 737 MAX could force the plane to descend sharply for up to 10 seconds even in manual flight, making it difficult for a pilot to control the aircraft.

Pilots can stop this automated response by pressing two buttons if the system behaves unexpectedly, the directive said.

I wonder if it was a malfunction on Malaysian flt 370? Or the pilots fault, like on the Germanwings disaster, whose anniversary is coming up in another two weeks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German...25?wprov=sfti1 https://maps.apple.com/?ll=44.280682...Me4G0VrBGUA%3D

[eluded]

Originally Posted by Real Dodger

I wonder if it was a malfunction on Malaysian flt 370? Or the pilots fault, like on the Germanwings disaster

That was also the pilots fault. However, rather than crashing the plane on auto pilot this pilot probably incapacitated all of the passengers and flew some waypoints around military radar to go undetected and flew out to sea him till he ran out of fuel.

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by eluded

That was also the pilots fault. However, rather than crashing the plane on auto pilot this pilot probably incapacitated all of the passengers and flew some waypoints around military radar to go undetected and flew out to sea him till he ran out of fuel.

But they weren't there was no evidence of mental illness with those guys? The German wings pilot should've been red flagged. And my cousin's husband (who is a commercial pilot, not just General aviation like me) pointed this out the other day.
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/delta...eep-flying.amp

I hope nobody like that is piloting my flight across the Atlantic in June!

[Captain Blood]

I am excited about my trip in June. Apparently the flight back is a 787.
The equipment code on my reservation reads 789.

[Captain Blood]

https://es.pn/2XJhZhd
A plane carrying the University of Michigan basketball team had already reached the critical speed at which pilots could no longer stop it on the runway. The captain abandoned the takeoff anyway, surprising the pilot in the next seat.

[Captain Blood]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malays...70?wprov=sfti1

I didn't realize the anniversary for this was today.

[Captain Blood]

Not a good year for Boeing so far.


Ethiopian Airlines: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47513508

[Timujin]

Amazing this has occurred again. RIP

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by Timujin

Amazing this has occurred again. RIP

Seems to be different from the Lion air incident.

[The Choosey begger]

737 Max 8’s in the sky over North America.

[eluded]

Originally Posted by Real Dodger

Seems to be different from the Lion air incident.

One can hope. Vertical airspeed was all over the place just like in the first one.