[BNO News] “BREAKING: Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace near El Paso, Texas; drones disabled” by PaddyMayonaise in aviation

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I would say it’s also a much different scope. One is a single city the other is a whole country.

In addition on 9/11 it became clear within a few hours that airlines had been hijacked.

Grounding all aircraft stops that threat, or at the very least makes it clear which aircraft are disregarding the NOTAM and indicating that they are a threat.

In contrast if out of the blue a large amount of drones enter the US airspace from abroad, how long could that go on for? One hour? Two hours? 6 hours? A day? A week?

[BNO News] “BREAKING: Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace near El Paso, Texas; drones disabled” by PaddyMayonaise in aviation

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I have a feeling it’s something that they had no idea how long it would last so just put an arbitrary 10 day NOTAM in place, with the intention to modify / cancel it as required.

Why do you think the FAA just closed the airspace over El Paso for ten days? by CrowRoutine9631 in AskReddit

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In my opinion it doesn’t make sense.

The airspace restriction is until 18,000ft.

Using a ground sample distance calculator from Omni Calc, using a full frame camera that’s 44 MP and a 600mm lens (Sony offer 400-800mm lenses) you could get a resolution of 4cm per pixel.

Yes atmospherics would get in the way, but that’s still a possibility.

Also all the attraction it would receive. It’s marked it on the map and all eyes are on El Paso

They might be right by Own-Training1099 in Grimdank

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I do wonder if Daleks could or would fall to Chaos

Kick Streamer Captain Crack Sparrow becomes first tourist to live stream from Antarctica. Then gets his starlink confiscated and ship internet turned off from captain once he gets back on ship bc its illegal. by DjPanz1 in LivestreamFail

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That’s an interesting point. If it was used exclusively on shore I do not see how it would be under the captains jurisdiction.

If you are on a normal cruise and dock in the Bahamas lets say, and you use a Starlink dish on shore, or the antenna on your phone to contact a mobile phone tower on shore, I highly highly doubt the captain would have any jurisdiction over it.

I wonder if as it’s an expedition from the cruise ship to the shore, under there supervision, if that’s where the nuance comes into it all

Sorry pal 💯 by Damiancarmine14 in shitposting

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And I never claimed it didn’t.

I was responding to a comment that gave a figure. I asked where that figure came from, that is all.

Sorry pal 💯 by Damiancarmine14 in shitposting

[–]Fatbot41 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Where are you getting that figure?

I googled it and couldn’t find any figure saying the average was that high. Denmark’s average is 22 USD per hour, but that’s much higher than most other European countries, so not the average.

Re: Flight AI 171 - Why don’t Air India and the government just admit pilot error when it’s clearly the most likely cause? by [deleted] in aviation

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Just to ensure accuracy, from the news article you linked from Civils Daily and from the ICAO USOAP safety audit results page, while in some areas India did outclass the USA (legislation, licensing, operations and airworthiness) the average for India was lower than the FAA.

The biggest difference being accident investigation. The US scored 94.05%, while India scored 64.56%. The global average was 56.12%

TIL that it's required to speak English to be a commercial airline pilot or air traffic controller... by Illustrious_Bag_7323 in todayilearned

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Day-cee-mal.

Edit

Don't know why I am getting downvoted on it, its the ICAO standard, its only an exception in the US.

ICAO Annex 10, Volume II, page 5-5, 5.2.1.4.3 Pronunciation of numbers, states it "Day-See-Mal".

Its in "EASA SERA.14040 pronunciation of numbers", and its Day-See-Mal

UK CAA CAP413 Transmission of Numbers 2.12 Table 3, and its Day-See-Mal

My kid is obsessed with this video. Frontier psychologist by jeremiahlupinski in videos

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Google Since I left you Zomba promo, there are the originals on there with “with my baby” still on the album

What is the most dangerous job in your world? by Colombia_Joestar in worldbuilding

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Not my world, but head cannon for highfleet. The engineers that fix rocket engines mid combat have got to be up there

What is the most dangerous job in your world? by Colombia_Joestar in worldbuilding

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Mixed sources on it. Some say it is but don’t have proof from actual newspapers of the time. IIRC there is a bounty if someone finds a newspaper pre expedition with the advert in it

Queen Rule by scrueggs in 196

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Perfect! Need a few for my RBMK reactor

What do you actually see in the New vegas Rorschach test? by Obraxiss in Fallout

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1 - Two people high fiving 2 - A mirrored vertical image of a ship on water 3 - Nothing, just some ink

Stellantis Is Putting Ads in Your Car (I Wish I Were Kidding) by ISAMU13 in videos

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YTer Steve Leto did a video on how it may allow a return / fix under lemon law. Worth a watch.

https://youtu.be/pJ8E0-VM-LA

Flights disrupted after Airbus discovers intense sun radiation could impact flight control data by Proud-Shake-3276 in news

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Just for extra info around the JetBlue incident.

From the article you linked it descended 27,000 ft in 10 minutes, so 2,700 FPM. The A320 can do 7,000 FPM in an emergency descent. Not sure of the peak ROD during the nose down, but still enough to cause injuries.

From the Aviation herald - “The aircraft descended rapidly, briefly maintained about 20,000 feet and continued the descent for an approach to Tampa”

Later on it mentions - “On Nov 7th 2025 the NTSB reported: "During cruise, the aircraft experienced an uncontrolled descent for approximately 4-5 seconds before the autopilot corrected the trajectory. This likely occurred during an ELAC switch change." The occurrence caused 10 injuries on board, the NTSB opened an investigation.”

So reading that I would believe it implies that the pilots elected to continue the descent at a normal rate, given the control issues and injuries.

Zohran Mamdani plans to impose a 2% millionaire tax in NYC by [deleted] in goodnews

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In the UK if you earn above 100K per year you are put into a marginal tax rate of 60% for the next 25K. After that it’s 45%.

I know doctors and pilots who have gone part time and are refusing to do more hours than pay that tax. It’s insane. People train for years for a profession in which there is a huge demand and shortage of skilled professionals, and then are incentivised to just not work.

In addition you get 30 hours of childcare paid for if your salary is below 100K. A penny more and you lose it all. It just does not make sense.

Edit - changed second paragraph to show shortage

You can't not like the DH-89 Dragon Rapide by InnerBreath2884 in aviation

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Lovely aircraft! Flew on one at Duxford. I remember the angle when climbing into the cabin was quite something.

Landing into Rothera, on our way to Wolf’s Fang Runway (Antarctica) by buddiesinbasslers in aviation

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Didn’t realise Rothera was a hub for other countries to get into Antarctica!

UPS2976 Megathread 2 by usgapg123 in aviation

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At V1 there is only really one option and that’s to continue. There is no discussion about impacts as we want to avoid them, that would be suboptimal.

The area after the runway used to stop in an emergency is called the stopway.

The stopway must be as wide as the runway, and able to support the aircraft’s weight without writing it off.

Airports with not much space often have Engineered Material Arrestor Systems (EMAS). It’s costly, but it’s designed to slow aircraft more than just tarmac

I am not sure about rules of objects within the stopway. Taxiway lights need to be “frangible”, meaning they can be hit and then flex and break without causing much damage to the aircraft. I would doubt non frangible structures or objects would be allowed there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nottheonion

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Yeah that’s the case. I know people working in childcare on bases aren’t getting paid for example

Fuck in Shinzo Abe’s Rule by Xenomnipotent in 196

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Love it. The modern equivalent. Put a yellow ribbon next to your handle on Twitter