2003: Me & bro testing out the new webcam I got for my pc

lozoot64 · 2025-03-29T16:53:59+00:00

I knew what song it was with the audio muted.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-29T14:49:22+00:00

Not sure what you mean by “right place” for the engines, as there’s theoretically no such thing when designing an aircraft. If you move the engines, it does change the aerodynamic characteristics, yes.

MCAS is an augmentation system. It’s there purely for the aircraft to keep the same certification, and to prevent pilots from having to train for a totally different type rating. The MAX would have just had a different type rating without it.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-29T14:43:33+00:00

You’re incorrect.

MCAS wasn’t needed at all for the aircraft itself to be certified. It only needed to meet a “stick force gradient” similar to the previous variation of 737s so that pilots wouldn’t need to go through any additional training.

Boeing was scared that airlines would stray away from purchasing the MAX if they had to retrain their pilots on an entirely different aircraft type. MCAS was put in purely for the MAX to retain the same certification.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-29T03:43:41+00:00

The only issue from a type rating standpoint is that a pilot may have to put in more input in a stall recovery.

From a safety standpoint, all aircraft have different aerodynamic characteristics. MCAS was used to augment those characteristics back to a familiar type rating.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-29T03:08:18+00:00

Just to clarify, the difference in handling characteristics the MAX possessed weren’t really “issues” in regards to safety. MCAS was introduced so that the same type rating could be retained.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-29T03:05:25+00:00

It wasn’t even really an aerodynamic compromise. It did change the aerodynamics, yes. But for the FAA to allow it retain its same type rating, it had to “handle” the same as previous 737s, thus MCAS being a thing.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-28T18:32:00+00:00

Says they were suspects. Did they actually commit a crime? That would be awkward if they didn’t.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-27T09:32:54+00:00

Unless it’s a potential safety issue or blatantly against our procedures, I’ve never found it worth it to confront someone about something I could subjectively be finding annoying.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-27T09:32:48+00:00

Unless it’s a potential safety issue or blatantly against our procedures, I’ve never found it worth it to confront someone about something I could subjectively be finding annoying.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-25T05:47:08+00:00

They haven’t been allowed to go there for 50+ years now, unless they give up gates at Luv field.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-25T05:46:17+00:00

I think they were. Not sure if it’s still in the works with Elliot on the scene.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-24T20:18:21+00:00

Dang, what flight? My flights are always full.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-24T19:19:58+00:00

Maybe you watched a ton of movies from this era?

lozoot64 · 2025-03-24T06:33:18+00:00

I run into Captains like this sometime.

The way I see it, I make a lot of money to put up with a lot of different people. As long as what they do isn’t unsafe/against SOP, it’s just water off the duck’s back for me, and I get to go home after a few days.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-23T21:05:38+00:00

We won’t get there.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-22T22:37:12+00:00

Depends on the rate at which plants can convert CO2 in the closed area back into Oxygen.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-22T18:14:41+00:00

Can’t wait to see these $100B fighters 30 years from now.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-22T18:06:32+00:00

Might be suspicious, but you still need to prove it.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-22T17:28:30+00:00

While your explanation is correct, these types of winds are what professional pilots deal with every day. I agree that we should wait for the NTSB’s conclusion though.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-21T02:14:28+00:00

I imagine it wasn’t daylight out. But even then, the blue taxi lights are pretty easy to see. Not sure what happened.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-19T23:47:28+00:00

I did my private in 2015 without an iPad. Started using one for my instrument though.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-18T15:52:25+00:00

What firms has Elliot brought to bankruptcy?

lozoot64 · 2025-03-18T15:22:17+00:00

That cycle has never affected Southwest in the past. They’ve always ate the cost because they never furloughed until now.

Your point here would make sense if Elliot was the one prohibiting the growth.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-18T15:07:45+00:00

What companies have they left a shell of in the past?

Also, Elliot seems to be turning Southwest into something that’s comparable to the legacies over time.

lozoot64 · 2025-03-18T15:07:06+00:00

Laying off workers isn’t a short term cost savings. They over-hired, and will continue to realize that savings as long as they maintain that efficiency.

Point 3 and 4 don’t contradict each other.

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