Horizon Q400 Stolen In SEA
08-12-2018, 11:12 AM
#151
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Originally Posted by Ray Red
Anyone remember a few years ago the guy that was killed in Syria fighting for ISIS? The one who previously worked for DGS in MSP with a SIDA badge and didn’t have to go through security at work? Nothing changed after that and I don’t expect any substantial changes (especially for pilots) after this.
08-12-2018, 02:25 PM
#152
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Originally Posted by snackysmores
Didn't take long for Alaska PR to get almost every major news outlet to avoid mentioning 'Alaska' in any way. Everything I see is Horizon, this is the most recognition we've had in a long time.
It's like we're our own airline again.
It's like we're our own airline again.
08-12-2018, 03:35 PM
#153
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Kinda surprised at some of the guys in here saying that computer sims aren't 'sims' and are just games. While they're not a Level C or D sim they are extremely realistic when it comes to flight panels and instrument flying.
I was a total flight sim nerd when I was a kid and using 3rd party add-ons for flight sim, I could have had a 747 powered up and taxiied out/airborne no problem thanks to some of the 3rd party stuff I downloaded and messed with. Every switch worked and every downloadable file came with a manufacturer checklist.
Hell after a few years of not using flight sim, I got back onto it when hired into my first turbine airplane and I used a 3rd party add on prior to going to training and I sailed through it. While some guys were looking for where the start switch was, I was breezing through flows, knew where every light switch, pressurization knob and radio knob was. It was like I had already been in the actual airplane. This was 10+ years ago so I can't even imagine what the flight sim community has access to now.
I was a total flight sim nerd when I was a kid and using 3rd party add-ons for flight sim, I could have had a 747 powered up and taxiied out/airborne no problem thanks to some of the 3rd party stuff I downloaded and messed with. Every switch worked and every downloadable file came with a manufacturer checklist.
Hell after a few years of not using flight sim, I got back onto it when hired into my first turbine airplane and I used a 3rd party add on prior to going to training and I sailed through it. While some guys were looking for where the start switch was, I was breezing through flows, knew where every light switch, pressurization knob and radio knob was. It was like I had already been in the actual airplane. This was 10+ years ago so I can't even imagine what the flight sim community has access to now.
08-12-2018, 03:39 PM
#154
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Originally Posted by Westcoastdude
Nah guys with drug/alcohol problems that have first class medicals are usually in HIMS which requires strict monitoring and psychological evals yearly.
Don’t post about stuff you do not know. Sure a airline would prefer to hire a guy with a clean slate, but how is someone that is being strictly monitored, has been to treatment, and goes to weekly AA meetings a threat over the closet alcoholic who beats his wife?
Don’t post about stuff you do not know. Sure a airline would prefer to hire a guy with a clean slate, but how is someone that is being strictly monitored, has been to treatment, and goes to weekly AA meetings a threat over the closet alcoholic who beats his wife?
Don't post about stuff you do not know
08-12-2018, 09:42 PM
#157
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Originally Posted by Hacker15e
Someone with his name, and with an address in Kent, has an A&P according to the FAA Airman database.
If this was a mechanic, why was he a ramper? And a baker?
Originally Posted by WesternSkies
Prayers for the soul of Mr. Rich, the loved ones grieving and all those similarly mentally affected as Rich who are struggling.
He didn't simply wander into the airplane, get in and go fly. That would not be possible. He planned for, and prepared for this event, and executed it (and ultimately himself).
We may be deeply grateful that he died a in a fireball on a remote island, rather than the pearl jam concert that was in play at the time, or any of the other venues and places filled with thousands of people.
08-12-2018, 10:47 PM
#158
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
There are a dozen or so with my name too. Big deal. They're not me.
If this was a mechanic, why was he a ramper? And a baker?
Good god. He planned and committed a criminal act. Enough of the sympathy and love fest for this jackwad.
He didn't simply wander into the airplane, get in and go fly. That would not be possible. He planned for, and prepared for this event, and executed it (and ultimately himself).
We may be deeply grateful that he died a in a fireball on a remote island, rather than the pearl jam concert that was in play at the time, or any of the other venues and places filled with thousands of people.
If this was a mechanic, why was he a ramper? And a baker?
Good god. He planned and committed a criminal act. Enough of the sympathy and love fest for this jackwad.
He didn't simply wander into the airplane, get in and go fly. That would not be possible. He planned for, and prepared for this event, and executed it (and ultimately himself).
We may be deeply grateful that he died a in a fireball on a remote island, rather than the pearl jam concert that was in play at the time, or any of the other venues and places filled with thousands of people.
08-12-2018, 11:03 PM
#159
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The name who posted after me, I've blocked. I don't read his posts, given his obsession with trashing the aviation maintenance profession. A failed mechanic, that seems to be all he does, enter threads to post irrelevant attacks on aviation mechanics and the profession in general.
No doubt he's done it again. Anyone?
No doubt he's done it again. Anyone?
08-13-2018, 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
The name who posted after me, I've blocked. I don't read his posts, given his obsession with trashing the aviation maintenance profession. A failed mechanic, that seems to be all he does, enter threads to post irrelevant attacks on aviation mechanics and the profession in general.
No doubt he's done it again. Anyone?
No doubt he's done it again. Anyone?
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