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On 11/23/2020 at 6:16 PM, Specs said:

What about yourself, or heaven forbid, the donuts

I was ready for the impact so was not injured but it was quite a hit.  I imagine the GSE guys were none too happy.  I don't remember if they fixed it or scrapped it.  There was no timmies close by back in those days

Many moons ago in YYZ I destroyed the front end of a pickup truck preventing just such an incident.  A string of carts had let loose and were heading for a DC-9 at a good pace.  I was in the right place at the right time and put the fender in the path.  Quite a ride and significant damage.  better a pickup than a plane

Boeing and the FAA cannot afford to screw this up.  Should a MAX have an accident after reintroduction, Boeing is done and the FAA will lose all credibility.

It should by all accounts be the safest aircraft in the air.

On 11/5/2020 at 8:57 AM, deicer said:

House Cleaning at the USAF Museum in Dayton!

Great video (best seen in full screen) of my second favourite aircraft!!!

https://theaviationist.com/2020/11/01/museum-makes-monumental-move-of-massive-xb-70-mach-3-mega-bomber-for-maintenance/

would love to see her fly again.

You make a good point Don.

We are eliminating what I always referred to a passive communication.

several years  ago they took our position out of the STOC center and moved them to a remote location.  Something I always disagreed with.  When sitting tn the STOC center you could hear what was going on with all aspects of the operation.  This came in handy when Maintenance was being blamed for a delay.  It was easy to protest on the spot and clear things up.  This resulted in an increase of delays due to maintenance after our guys were removed.  That is only a single example of the passive communication that goes on.  There is a disconnect when working remotely.  I am currently working remote and while I love the commute, I do not feel in tune with the whole operation. 

Use your Travel voucher / credit to purchase a fully refundable fare to any destination.  call back and cancel the flight and ask for your refund.  problem solved.

SELL THE BLOODY ARTWORK, STATUES, FISH TANKS WITH NO FISH ETC ETC. 

they are still moving ahead with the T3 extension at the moment.

On 10/7/2020 at 11:21 AM, Kip Powick said:

....... Individuals can carry personal locator beacons; ships, pleasure craft, and aircraft can store beacons on board in case of emergency, which Cospas-Sarsat uses to determine their position.......

Based on my experience in SAR (RCC HFX) the biggest problem is the reluctance of persons to carry PLB because of the human tendency to disregard the possibility of requiring help, (I'm never gonna get lost, I'll never have a problem where I am going etc) In addition is the cost of acquiring a beacon, they are relatively expensive, $200.00-$500.00 depending on what features you want. Today most people feel a cellphone  has everything they want and feel with a cell phone the individual requiring assistance can get to someone no matter where they are, and that is just not true. 

While most commercial boats carry some kind of ELT , the emphasis on "most".....again is not true and once again cost becomes the hurtle. Canadian recreational aircraft are required to carry and ELT but the old version, 121.5MHz, is being phased out and 406 MHz will be mandatory by 2024. (The 121.5 were very limited in range and would only be picked up if activated and someone was looking for the aircraft...(not satellite receivable).

My middle son and his wife are life long mountain climbers/skiers and they  BOTH carry PLBs. 

If you are inclined to trek about in the wilderness, climbing and skiing, what price would you put on your personal safety should you require immediate help??

Someone I ride with was recently on a solo adventure ride on the Gaspe peninsula.  She ended up stranded hours from anywhere and realized, after trying for a long time to get out, that she needed Help.  She hit the little SOS button on her Garmin Locator and within a couple of hours help arrived and got her and her bike to safety.  If you do anything at all "off the beaten path" the locators are invaluable.

19 hours ago, Super 80 said:

According to Wikipedia the last software update was 12.4.8 on July 15th 2020.

my 6splus is running 14.2

I have family that is transitioning from CERB as well.  Although they do qualify for EI they took another route.  They got a JOB.

10 hours ago, Don Hudson said:

Friends with whom I've discussed the MAX believe that the Europeans, (EASA) may not be willing to certify the aircraft until it has a crew alerting system. The reasoning behind this thinking is, every aircraft built in the past four decades has had such a system except the B737, and it has been argued that the absence of such an alerting system contributed substantially to the crew confusion in both MAX accidents. Both JTAR & Congressional Committee Reports reinforce this. Boeing argued strenuously and long against the EICAS requirement due fleet commonality, training & development costs.

QF32 was mentioned in exchanges as an clear example of a "save" by the crew alerting system, (ECAM).

I doubt at this point that such views would permit re-certification while an EICAS is in development" regardless of what the FAA does.

Boeings Argument is just a way of saying we want to build it cheap and provide the same old aircraft with as few safety enhancements as possible and without having to rework the entire Avionics suite etc etc etc.

Or in laymans terms 737 Good please buy cheap plane.

23 hours ago, Airband said:

Sure they have

and in 2020 sales surged in Q1 declined slightly in Q2 and are on the rise again. 

11 hours ago, Fido said:

I think that it has been proven that no one buys an electric passenger vehicle without a government subsidy.  We all get to pay.

interesting comment.

In Ontario, as well as other places in Canada the subsidies have ceased for Electric vehicles and yet sales show an increase year over year. the only subsidy you can get now for an EV is up to $1000 towards installation of a Level 2 Charger but ONLY if it works with a vehicle for which the earlier subsidy applied.

This is Boeing trying to do the cheapest possible upgrades and still gain certification based on the original Type Certificate.

The 737 is the most bastardized aircraft in existence.  There is no proper systems integration that would even allow for a robust EICAS system that met todays standards.  

There is still steam flowing through that airframe and the smoke still keeps the boxes running.

It's time for it to die.

currently about 1.8%

respectfully, this issue was NOT beyond the airlines control.  They admitted that the demand was less than expected when the flight was made available.  They cannot keep blaming Covid for bad business decisions.  A cash refund should be available.

west jet is doing it too

yes but for the very reason mentioned.

it is also the reason we ave to travel with our "buddies" now.  People do not know how to behave

most of them are not value added anyway.  We dont need a shopping mall we need more efficient operations.

I always love these stories becaue you just know some MBA in an office with a window crunched some numbers.  Problem is its usually the wrong numbers.

The projects were budgeted for years in advance and contracts signed to carry out the work.  NOW is the best time to perform it.  There is nothing to get in the way.  Shutting things down causes less disrupotion because there are fewer passengers.  Air travel will return eventually.  Get the big stuff out of the way now so its ready.

On 9/6/2020 at 11:59 AM, Leeroy said:

I have been looking at VR goggles and came across this.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/223750/DCS_World_Steam_Edition/

there is no VR support for MSFS as yet.

On 9/5/2020 at 1:24 PM, AIP said:

How is MSFS2020 ???  Clips leading up to it were quite spectacular ???

What sort of computer are you running it on ??  How big a screen ??

 

Thanks   

I was a Alpha tester on the program.

The visuals are Quite Spectacular.  There are still quite a few bugs that need to be remedied but over all it is far ahead of anything else out there.

I am runing a Ryzen 7 3800X  with 32 GB ram and an RX5700XT Video Card.  Application is running off of an NvME SSD via PCIe4.0.

I hit 50-60 FPS flying and 30-40 on the ground at a large airport.  MS has some optimization to do yet.

I am running a triple monitor 23" setup.

interesting.  just tried the same thing in MSFS2020 in a 172.  induced the same error and tried to get it airborne.  i missed the hangar but took out another building.cutting the power and hitting the  brakes worked fine even though I was on the lawn