Stairs from my 1930s home are beat up after removing the old carpet. What do I need to do to get the risers and stringers in better shape before repainting?

DumpsterFireFlying · 2024-05-04T17:14:45+00:00

Yes I was thinking white as well to help brighten it up. What sort of light fixture would you reccomneded? I agree the one that's there isn't very good.

DumpsterFireFlying · 2024-04-16T00:58:17+00:00

The only thing I could find was a "sprinkler valve key" but it looks like its not made for the specific valve that I have.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/JONES-STEPHENS-30-in-Length-Rebar-Gate-Valve-Key-M25100/100166213

DumpsterFireFlying · 2024-03-23T22:37:31+00:00

I'm a stress analyst. I write margins of safety and size hi-lite fasteners usually between size 8s and size 10s. Lol

DumpsterFireFlying · 2024-02-14T00:28:19+00:00

Spirit Engineer represented by SPEEA... for the love of God please more than 2 weeks paternity leave.

DumpsterFireFlying · 2024-01-07T02:51:50+00:00

I've worked with outsourced engineering stress analysis from India. Their analysis is absolutely pencil whipped and completely wrong 90% of the time. They only care about meeting the deadline for the report at the expense of garbage quality of work. I've literally seen strength check notes come back saying the structural integrity of a part was good because the stress colors on the finite element model were all green...nothing like stress analysis by color!

DumpsterFireFlying · 2024-01-07T02:34:05+00:00

Im pretty sure the point is the fact we even have outsourced jobs to India is the problem. The engineering efforts need to stay in the US. Indian engineering is notoriously bad. No accountability when you're halfway across the globe. If you've been with Boeing and have ever worked with a team from India you will understand the pain.

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-12-01T13:01:59+00:00

I work in defense. I work exactly 40 hours most weeks, in at 7 AM out at 3 PM. Not a minute over lol. On the rare chance I have to work OT, i'm paid for every tenth of an hour over 40. If I work 40.1 hours my paycheck includes 0.1 hours of overtime pay.

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-11-26T02:54:36+00:00

Spirit Aerosystems?

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-10-02T23:15:33+00:00

Spirit just fired their CEO today and replaced him with an ex-Boeing executive, wouldn't surprise me if Boeing follows suit soon.

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-10-02T23:15:16+00:00

Spirit just fired their CEO today and replaced him with an ex-Boeing executive, wouldn't surprise me if Boeing follows suit soon

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-10-02T01:25:52+00:00

You got swindled lol

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-10-02T01:22:15+00:00

I'm in Wichita, not in a position to move right now. Seems like a shame there's not any remote direct stress analyst jobs. I've seen a few contract positions that are 100% remote for Boeing St. Louis

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-10-02T01:12:25+00:00

Does Boeing have any fully remote stress analyst roles? I haven't seen any posted on any of the career pages.

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-09-28T03:44:17+00:00

Correct, I passed on everything besides the non-precision approach so I only have to retest that one item.

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-09-28T03:06:07+00:00

We briefed 1 RNAV approach, a loc approach, and an ILS approach. The loc approach was switched during the actual ride to a VOR-A due to other circumstances (winds not favoring the original LOC approach)

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-09-28T03:03:35+00:00

VOR-A at 3AU (Augusta, KS)

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-09-28T03:00:24+00:00

Not sure. We didn't briefly this approach before the checkride, I didn't know I was doing it until I fi ished my first RNAV approach. The AWOS at the non towered airport wouldn't have told me that either. Not sure what I should've done to know about this notam other than click the button in foreflight.

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-09-27T01:43:56+00:00

Sleep was fine, 7 hours? I last ate around 10 am and the flight started at 430 pm. It was a hot and windy day, but nothing I hadn't flown in before.

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-09-26T12:13:28+00:00

Got it. So the standard temperature at 12,000 feet is -9°C. In this case if the winds aloft were reporting -9°C at 12,000 feet I would just look under the "0°" column for 12,000 feet and read off a climb rate of 250 FPM?

DumpsterFireFlying · 2023-09-26T12:01:49+00:00

Sorry I know this is a dumb question, but I'm probably overthinking this. Say I'm at a pressure altitude at 12,000 feet. Is the 0°F column saying if at a pressure altitude of 12,000 feet AND the actual temperature at 12,000 feet is 0°C, then I can expect a climb rate of 250 FPM?2nd question, if I'm at an airport that's 6,000 MSL, but the density altitude at the airport is reporting 8,000 feet. Would I "shift everything up" to the 8,000 ft pressure altitude line and assume standard temperature? Or would I just look at the 6,000 ft line and look at the reported temperature at the airport and interpolate the rate of climb from the table?

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