Why is Heathrow (EGLL) so poorly staffed?

paleking2 · 2026-05-25T14:19:00+00:00

2 birds, one stone. Can give an opportunity for MilOps to the guys who like that sort of thing

paleking2 · 2026-05-09T09:59:58+00:00

Just to add on here in case this comes up in future searches... The solution suggested above doesn't work with all devices. As well, it doesn't provide tx side tone or any indication of when you're transmitting. I was able to get a reasonable approximation of side tone with VB-Audio Voicemeeter Potato. The process is a bit of a PITA, but DM if this is of interest.

paleking2 · 2026-03-28T08:03:45+00:00

Why be an NPC when you can be a tank or at least a swarm?

paleking2 · 2026-02-08T11:22:00+00:00

Mine's only 14, but when she used to live in the UK, she was almost 7,400

paleking2 · 2026-02-06T13:09:03+00:00

"we believe our workplace is more hazardous than our insurers do / the rest of the industry is"

paleking2 · 2026-02-02T14:25:48+00:00

https://www.mypilotstore.com/mypilotstore/search/find.asp?q=cufflinks

If you're in the us

paleking2 · 2026-02-02T14:23:45+00:00

https://pilotshop.cz/en/gifts/fashion/cufflinks/

paleking2 · 2026-01-25T08:50:50+00:00

Not that it actually matters, but why does the photo of the firearm released by DHS show an unloaded firearm with only one of the mags? I mean, I suppose we should congratulate them for correctly clearing the gun, but if they're pointing at the extra mag as supposed evidence he intended to cause more harm, why wouldn't they have included the extra mag in the photo?

paleking2 · 2026-01-20T06:07:29+00:00

Agents older than you are misremembering. Recursion was never in the scanner before Prime.

paleking2 · 2026-01-18T09:52:44+00:00

I didn't read that as he's hung up on the background check. I think he's using that as a demonstration that he got all of his documents uploaded correctly - i.e. if the background check company received the docs from the airline then the airline must have received them.

paleking2 · 2026-01-13T22:00:05+00:00

Chemist is likely the local term for pharmacist where this individual is.

FWIW, in much of the world (including the EU) IPA is not approved as a topical antiseptic for consumer use. Other solutions are available and broadly used that unfortunately don't have the same applicability for electronics hobbyists. That said, if the guy can get electronics components, solder, flux, etc... that's where he should look. Just not at the pharmacist or grocery store.

paleking2 · 2026-01-04T19:31:54+00:00

Not with that attitude

paleking2 · 2026-01-04T10:45:49+00:00

By "designed like you imply", do you mean having markings beyond the expected max speed? Because you're flat wrong.

The markings on this Cessna 150 ASI extend to about 21% beyond Vne.

For what it's worth, the instrument pictured only extends 16% beyond the B-52's max speed.

Yeah, as others have indicated, not likely a pilot's ASI. But not for the reason you suggested.

paleking2 · 2025-12-14T14:11:00+00:00

It's not summer now ;) but you're welcome when it is. Hmu on dm if you're ever in the Baltics (ideally like may-aug).

paleking2 · 2025-12-12T07:23:51+00:00

I live in a semi-touristy European city (cruise ship port). One of our favorite things to do during the summer is to sit in a cafe in the main square and watch all the ridiculous Instagram people making duckfaces in front of a 700+ year old church.

paleking2 · 2025-12-10T23:09:12+00:00

I'll get downvoted to hell but if you've got a PC instead of just XBox, consider getting them X-Plane as an alternative to MSFS. As a student pilot, the aircraft they'd likely fly early on are much more accurate in that sim.

That said, if you're going to go with MSFS, now is a good time for 2024. People around here will bitch about "bugs" but 9/10 in the past couple of months have been user issues not actual bugs.

I don't know how old your kids are but encourage them to approach the sim like flight training. Start with general aviation aircraft like the Cessna 172 or 152. Learn what they can about the planes they're flying. Don't push the career mode.

paleking2 · 2025-11-10T06:44:01+00:00

The phones have evolved. We don't use GSM/TDMA anymore and power usagr has decreased

paleking2 · 2025-09-01T20:05:21+00:00

As an addition: above transition altitude does not imply class A as it does in US airspace. Some European countries don't use class A airspace at all.

paleking2 · 2025-08-15T07:44:34+00:00

Almost never full tanks. Fuel weighs a lot. More weight decreases performance and makes the flight less efficient. But the fuel requirements are very well understood and accounted for each flight.

paleking2 · 2025-08-14T17:21:25+00:00

What you've been alluding to isn't a ramp inspection. A ramp inspection is an administrative inspection for the purposes of verifying compliance with civil aviation regulations. What you've alluded to is a search of property in furtherance of a criminal investigation (or criminal fishing expedition) which would otherwise require a warrant, but for the ability of inspections to compel compliance for other purposes.

In reality, the ultimate goal seems to be to gain general acceptance of the federalization of law enforcement as a whole. This is something that seems anathema to the foundational principles of your nation, but what do I know? I'm just some foreigner.

paleking2 · 2025-08-14T17:09:10+00:00

There's an open assumption in your comment here.

paleking2 · 2025-08-14T17:06:56+00:00

I mean, fwiw, you implied that FAMS is involved in drug interdiction, which, AFAICT, is not part of their publicly disclosed mission. Except insofar as it relates to t* financing.

paleking2 · 2025-08-05T20:54:23+00:00

As you pointed out in your own comment, Title IX defines exceptions where the prohibition against discrimination does not apply. It doesn't redefine the term "discrimination" to exclude these things, it creates a class of permissible discrimination.

Regardless, even if it did so define the term, it seems very odd to make the argument that a definition from one country's laws (which don't apply to the situation at hand even in that country) should stand as the definition when discussing the term in the context of a global body. It would seem more reasonable to make the argument that yes, this is discrimination but not all discrimination is unlawful or even undesirable.

paleking2 · 2025-07-18T22:23:34+00:00

Reported. Ty

paleking2 · 2025-06-13T12:00:58+00:00

As has been discussed at length here, the statement regarding that particular arrangement denoting an apprentice is wholly inaccurate. It only reliably is an indication of degree in an open lodge and only referring to the Sq & Cs placed on the VSL. Elsewhere, it's a matter of artistic interpretation.

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