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That's the part of Lord of the Rings that you think is fake?

That's a setting in the software controls. Apparently to prevent people from "liking" every post made by the admin in an effort to seek favour. Now, I don't think anyone here would do that but never changed it - just in case. The best way to show that you like my post (or a post from anyone for that matter) is to post a follow-up that moves the conversation forward.

You have no idea what's out there. Here is a presentation from a guy who does "Pen Testing". That's penetration testing - basically is paid to try to break into various facilities to show security weaknesses. Valuable service but surprising to see all the streets being publicized.

It's like going to a really good restaurant and complaining about the font they used for the menu.

Yeah, totally missed the point.

You think like an old guy. Don't be insulted - so do I and that's the problem - lack of foresight. Do I care if there's a police camera on the corner anonymously recording my stop at Tim's? No, why would I care? Do I care if the camera has facial recognition, tags me by name and logs my stop at Tim's in a database? Ahhh, don't like that much but still might say; doesn't hurt me as I have nothing to hide. Do I care if my movements are logged and I'm taxed according to my movements? Wait, what? You see, this is the problem; today, there's no tangible harm from a little tracking and video but we can't predict where it's going. The city council in community I live in is trying to enact mandatory registration for basement apartments. Don't worry, they say, registration is free and we're just trying to get an accurate record of the population. What's the harm? This one is easy - first year the registration is free, next year it's $50, the year after it's assessed as $10/month then it's $10/month per person occupying the apartment, then the federal government gets wind of it and adds their own "registration fee" and forces disclosure of income from the property for tax assessments. In Canada "Income Tax" became a thing towards the end of the First World War to pay the accumulated debts of fighting the war. Understandable and necessary but do you think anyone who was in favour of it anticipated the current state of affairs? Nope. I'm not suggesting tax is the only issue or most important issue - just using that as a example.

It doesn't actually work for any company that does this. Long wait times and difficulty in communicating has the effect of making most people think it's not worth the effort and they give up - a "win" for the company. A win in the short term and whatever manager brought it online gets his/her bonus and moves on. A few years later some other manager gets hired to restore and rebuild customer loyalty - gets their bonus and moves on. Am I bitter? Ask me. I'm old enough to have seen the same cycle, in various forms, many, many times. Cut staffing to reduce costs then boost staffing to deal with delays and IRROPS, then cut staffing to reduce costs........

I saw them. Same lights, triangle formation. I was over Winnipeg at the time and 3 other aircraft on freq also reported seeing them. Took a picture with my cellphone (Pixel 6 with an excellent camera). It looks exactly like a few small dots on a black background - no discernable detail at all. It was December when I saw them but the controller says it's a regular occurrence. The audio in the link exactly describes what we saw.

Typical fisherman story - "I once caught a fish thiiiissss big!"

I certainly be happy to see this chapter closed but there have been many presumed "discoveries" in the past which have turned out to be false and will hold judgement.

I don't know which scares me more; Boeing seeking the safety exemption or Boeing engineering a solution!

The pharma industry is 10X worse. Boeing's mistakes are front page news while pharma's are quietly buried one at a time.

On my last run through the middle-east we were spoofed and the GPS position was out by 130 NM.

True, but "manufacturing" could mean the way the door was fabricated or the way it was installed on the aircraft so we still don't know. What I mean to say is that the manufacturing of the aircraft includes the installation of the door plug so if it was installed wrong it would still be accurate to say the problem was manufacturing.

OK, you got me. We don't "know it". I'm just going by the reports that they couldn't find the bolts - kinda makes me think they weren't there in the first place. You're correct of course - best to wait for the official report.

There are 3 possible aspects; - manufactured incorrectly - installed incorrectly - designed incorrectly I would rate Whitaker's answer as incomplete.

OK, got it now. I thought you were suggesting I used some technique to make the knives appear larger but now understand you saying that you used a special program (magic) to determine which model they are. Now, what about the rest - even if they are legal - not a good idea.

Beat me to it. There was nothing wrong with the part - it just wasn't bolted on properly and the inspections didn't detect this.

I must be missing the joke. There's no photo magic or manipulation. Yes, I expect the blades are "legal" - it's not like I'm going to be the guy to discover the issue. I have some familiarity with the standard full-size Swiss Army knives. Just pulled mine from the drawer - full length of blade is 6.5 cm with the cutting edge being 5.9 cm. Legal, I assume, depending on how you define "blade length". Anyway, that's kinda beside the point. These things are viciously sharp and 6.0 cm is much larger than the 2.5 cm box cutters that the highjackers used on 9/11. I would not want to be facing off against someone holding one and, TBH, I would not expect one to be present on my aircraft let alone be sold in the departure lounge. Even if the passengers are allowed to bring them through security it presents an opportunity for an interaction that might show some red flags. Anyway, selling knives in the departure lounge - even if they are legal, seems like a bad idea.

Nope. Cash and carry. Booze is bagged and sealed but simply handed to the passenger. Anything else is just put in a regular open bag. I know this because one of the crew actually bought two of them for Christmas presents.

In Zurich, as in many airports, after passing through pre-board screening you must walk through the duty-free shop to get to the gates. Not even 10 steps from the stern security guard who wants to take your nail clippers you are presented with a huge display of Swiss Army knives for sale. Yup, that's right - inside security!

Exactly. Every 10 years the gov spends 10-20 million doing a study that, every time, shows it would cost ridiculous amounts of money, serve very few people and save 20 minutes assuming everything works perfectly.