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03-12-2019, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by vessbot
Yes, and they include US airports. After my second or third time during my first week as a newhire, I gave up on correcting them and accepted it as normal from ramp crew, fuelers, baristas, etc. But not when FA's and gate agents did it, they should know better.
03-12-2019, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by freezingflyboy
Here's a fun one. Came through KCM this morning in civvies with just a small backpack and about a week's worth of stubble. TSA is doing random bag screenings at the checkpoint and I get selected to open my backpack and let them swab it. When the TSA guy finished he hands me back my bag and says "Thanks Cap". Didn't correct him.
03-12-2019, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by lowcountryflyer
The 737 MAX. Too complex to fly. That’s a funny one. It’s a 1950’s plane with new TV screens.
What about the 767 that just went down? Too complex?
03-12-2019, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Read the tweet VERY carefully. The first part is sarcastic. I think Trump is saying he wants real pilots, not computers and seat meat.
If he was suggesting that pilots need more training and more stick and rudder skills, fine. But I for one am a BIG fan of the automation improvements in modern jets. Planes are VASTLY safer than they were 30 years ago.
03-12-2019, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Photoflier
He’s not being sarcastic about the fact that he thinks planes have become too complex to fly. A 737 MAX. Too complex to fly. I’ve flown the 737-200,300,500,700,800,900,9MAX. They are the same damned jet with newer TV’s. Is the 767 that just crashed too complex to fly?
If he was suggesting that pilots need more training and more stick and rudder skills, fine. But I for one am a BIG fan of the automation improvements in modern jets. Planes are VASTLY safer than they were 30 years ago.
If he was suggesting that pilots need more training and more stick and rudder skills, fine. But I for one am a BIG fan of the automation improvements in modern jets. Planes are VASTLY safer than they were 30 years ago.
03-12-2019, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Photoflier
He’s not being sarcastic about the fact that he thinks planes have become too complex to fly. A 737 MAX. Too complex to fly. I’ve flown the 737-200,300,500,700,800,900,9MAX. They are the same damned jet with newer TV’s. Is the 767 that just crashed too complex to fly?
If he was suggesting that pilots need more training and more stick and rudder skills, fine. But I for one am a BIG fan of the automation improvements in modern jets. Planes are VASTLY safer than they were 30 years ago.
If he was suggesting that pilots need more training and more stick and rudder skills, fine. But I for one am a BIG fan of the automation improvements in modern jets. Planes are VASTLY safer than they were 30 years ago.
03-12-2019, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
I thought pilots were a conservative bunch. I had no idea there were so many liberal snowflakes 
Last edited by Smutter; 03-12-2019 at 02:57 PM.
03-12-2019, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Smutter
No crap, the guy asking the mods to take down the thread is a perfect example of the snowflakes. I don't like what he said, it hurt my feelings, take it down! What a Cry baby. I guess cry baby doesn't work anymore, what a snowflake.
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