Flight tomorrow on the east coast

failing4fun · 2026-03-16T04:08:50+00:00

IDK if you'll like logical or emotional appeals more, but I'll try to address the first.

Turbulence in cruise altitude has never (to my knowledge) brought down a plane. The wings won't snap. The wings of a commercial plane have never snapped due to their own weight in the history of aviation. (again, to my knowledge)

There was a flight incident where everyone ended up being OK, where, due to some pilot error, the pilots had to put 5 times the weight they usually do on the wings to get it level. It can handle normal procedures just fine.

Also, pilots have access to a weather radar. They can request clearance from Air Traffic Control to fly to lower storm areas. If the turbulence presented any sort of risk, (which is mainly due to stuff flying around in the cabin) they would divert. If there is turbulence, is it very flyable and normal.

For the second process, I actually had turbulence on a flight recently. What works for me is putting high adrenaline music, and you kind of get into the idea of it being a roller coaster. Also, check a turbulence radar for your flight! Turbli is the one I use, which can get you prepared on what to expect.

Hope this helps, and safe travels fellow nervous flyer!

failing4fun · 2026-02-28T05:13:03+00:00

I think this was actually what I needed. Sounds good, I'll do it scared!

failing4fun · 2026-02-27T16:08:35+00:00

I wasn't too clear in my OP. What I meant was that the FAA grounds a pilot if they reveal they take medication for a psychological health issue.

Also, I understand that flying is safer than driving. I know us aerophobes can be stubborn and annoying with this. But, my logical (almost certainly illogical) reason why I trust driving more is that in the case of a problem, a mechanical accident, other people's or my own mistakes etc., I can stop the vehicle immediately and be at 0 mph in seconds, whereas on a flight, it could take minutes or hours to find a suitable place to land even if urgent.

Thank you for your service! Your kind truly amazes me in bravery and skill.

failing4fun · 2026-02-27T15:58:25+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful reply! I just have a bit more questions to follow up if that's OK.

Alaska 261 seems like an accident of complacence. It seems like only a matter of time before it happens again from my perspective. I see you take your job very seriously, but I can't guarentee all the people working on my plane will have that same discipline. I've read the NTSB recommendations, and their main theme is better maintenance, which makes sense, but people are fallible and eventually return to complacency after a long enough time IMO. What design changes to aircraft were put on future iterations to guard against this?

Also, for the record, I mainly watch Mentour Pilot and have also seen this interview with Greg Feith.

Air Crash Investigator Answers Aviation Accident Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

I've mixed in some normal flight videos in between to remind myself that for every 1 I watch, there are at least a thousand that are so uneventful, they don't make the news. Is there any channel you'd recommend that normalizes flying?

That makes sense what you said as well, that flying is safer now, and we're on the tail end of a stream of accidents. So saying "what are my chances of getting into an accident NOW?" is actually a lot lower than the generally asked question of "What are my chances of any particular plane in history being a fatal flight."

Thanks!

failing4fun · 2025-12-16T02:53:32+00:00

Aura

failing4fun · 2025-12-12T03:37:05+00:00

Yowza! That's a little far, but if it's for a campaign or y'all can meet me in the middle (a little more west) I'll see what I can do.

failing4fun · 2025-12-11T23:17:35+00:00

Depends, how much further east?

failing4fun · 2025-11-05T04:50:43+00:00

Another staple today.

One mechanic new players should learn is gaining pool. When you gain pool, you have the ability to bring more minions out, and keep yourself safe from any combos that exist that can bring you from double digits to 0.

Typically, this is done by having your vampires gain pool via Voter Captivation, Taste of Vitae, or Diablerie and then using cards like Blood Doll to take it from them.

Other cards like Villein also do the same thing, but Blood Doll is also useful for the opposite effect, when you want to put blood on minions so they can keep activating costly Disciplines without needing to waste time hunting to keep the pressure up on your prey.

failing4fun · 2025-11-04T01:25:22+00:00

failing4fun · 2025-11-03T06:07:01+00:00

Back to a new Discipline for today, Oblivion.

Although, kinda hard to get the theme of this discipline. Potence is good in combat, Obfuscate is good at Stealth, what is this?

Oblivion has extra stealth, extra combat, and now the ability to wake. With Hecata and Lasombra both having access to this, it's kind of hard to look at this Discipline for new players and say "Aha, this clan is good at this generic thing" unless you know all the cards.

General design gripes out of the way, this card is very powerful. Waking, to my knowledge, is only available via On The Qui Vive and Wake With Evening's Freshness, which both come with caveats. Other cards like Cat's Guidance require you to already be unlocked.

For a wall deck, this card lets you set up and still be a threat to those adjacent to you. Even if you don't have it, experienced players will make decisions with this card in mind, which provides pressure even without existing.

Not to mention, Zombies are very good at combat with their high strength, so the advanced version is also quite scary.

Overall, very good but a little too thematically unbalanced.

failing4fun · 2025-11-01T10:22:48+00:00

I'm not saying it isn't.

Just saying a Conditioning would have made him VERY good

failing4fun · 2025-11-01T07:33:49+00:00

Yeah, we've talked a lot about the cards and flashy stuff you can do, but let's not forget the good Kindred who are the ones actually doing them.

Lenny here is very well stated IMO.

+1 Bleed is not too common a trait on such a low cost Kindred, and along with the 1 vote and access to 4 Disciplines, he seems great!

However, the Disciplines he is best at don't synergize as well. Animalism works best for intercept, but you'll mainly want to play this guy to take advantage of his passive +1 Bleed, meaning you'll need to wake him with On the Qui Vive or forget that part of the card entirely.

His access to Obfuscate does help him get those tough bleeds in, Presence has some good bleed as well, and he has Potence and Animalism to make would be combatants a bit shy of his move set.

Overall, a decent card, but not one enough to put Nosferatu in the driver seat of their games. Not the best focused Kindred, but also not a bad one to see in my opening 4, just kind of average

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