Hello everyone, I am curious as to why aircraft are not equipped with exterior rear brake lights? It seems like brake lights would a useful safety item especially when an aircraft is operating out of a busy airport. Planes generally don’t taxy that close to each other like cars do and the pilots ar...
Jump to postIt has to programmed to either one click unlocks driver’s door or all the doors. Been true for 16 years st least Exactly. A bit strange to state this as annoying when on a hire car. That’s like complaining that the sat nav is in local language. Read the manual and set the vehicle up how you want it...
Jump to postUnlike what happened in Uvalde, the police were able (and willing) to engage the shooter quickly. Still took them 14 minutes. Lucky that more people weren't killed. As I've always said, when seconds count the police are minutes (or hours) away. Inference here being that you’d rather live in a socie...
Jump to postTurn signals that flash a minimum of 3 times+ when the stalk is momentarily pressed. One of the actually useful features for Highway lane changes. Not if you have to change your mind about the lane change. Perhaps if you could cancel it by flipping the stalk the other way momentarily I could see it...
Jump to postAs others have noted, learning the feel of the aircraft is very important. My view is that using a sim other than for instrument flying won’t really add value to learning in a real aircraft. The skills test is map and compass navigation (maybe some also Navaids where you are? when I did it in UK it ...
Jump to postWhilst I think there were intelligence failure to go around to many not just the US This war is attributable 100% to Bush/Cheney's manufacturing of evidence. Our own intelligence agencies tried to oppose them; Cheney went to CIA HQ to twist arms, that was the first time that the CIA was lobbied in ...
Jump to postI just picked up a 2019 BMW 530i. Just 25k on the clock. The service interval says 10,000 miles for an oil change which seems very high. Yes I know its a full synthetic oil but still. I took it to BMW service and asked and the service advisor insisted 10k is OK. I was thinking I should change it ou...
Jump to postUK has had a massive productivity issue for many years. Nobody is quite sure what the answer to it is. In regards to the strikes, it's entirely public sector workers (exception of train companies). The reason for that? 10 odd years of no pay rises, and continious lack of investment and not providin...
Jump to postSo in the midst of the so-called 'national discussion' on police reform, there is also a fringe element who have spent the last few years opposing LE not because of racism or social justice, but from opposition to the very notion that police powers exist. These groups apparently believe almost all ...
Jump to postAs I have suggested before, I wonder if Prince Harry has some serious mental/psychological health issues. I think he's more or less admitted that he was traumatized by the loss of his mother at such a young age, and felt a lack of love from his father and the rest of the family, something common in...
Jump to postIt takes a very sour and prejudiced type to think that tongue in cheek billboards are arrogance. If anyone loathes the English they probably aren't the brightest or most open-minded. I’m English’s and I loathe the English when it comes to football. It isn’t arrogance no, it’s just absolute low clas...
Jump to postAnd people wonder why the English are loathed in the football world: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/sun-runs-billboards-central-paris-ahead-englandfrance-world-cup-match.1000720 The Sun newspaper taking out arrogant billboards in Paris declaring “It’s Coming Home” and a definite English win...
Jump to postI was told my a PP buddy in UK that they do QFE if they stay local Yup, certainly in GA we do. Many airfields will give you QNH and QFE on initial contact when approaching or on the ground on first call. I set one on each altimeter. Never noticeably heard QFE given at a larger aerodrome with airlin...
Jump to postI get what the OP is saying but I think our military personnel should be recognized not just for what they do or have done but what they signed up to do, if that makes any sense. Yes, the young PFC straight out of boot camp hasn't fought for his country, but if things go south he signed up to be fl...
Jump to postTook a BA 787-10 flight from SEA to LHR some months back and was in 13A which is towards the front of the wing. As we got into cruise I noticed a really uncomfortable vibration cycle, similar to what I often feel on ships/ferries as best I can describe it. It was over about 8s or so as I remember, i...
Jump to postWhy? How on Earth does that matter in any way shape or form??? We also had our third female PM and first back chancellor a few weeks ago - do we need to point that out as excellent? Because that worked out fabulously! The Ethnic minority groups in the UK would disagree with you. It’s a big win for ...
Jump to postArion640 wrote:Excellent how we have our first PM of colour.
Whooppee! PS The English party of the centre-right (the Conservative party) needs to change the way it selects a leader - who is automatically leader of the government if the Conservative party has a majority in parliament. 175,000 people (the members of the Conservative party) selected a prime min...
Jump to postWho's the idiot who designed that banding? Must be a lot of people and employers making sure income hits a ceiling at £50,190. It's a marginal rate, the end result is still progressive. If you chart tax paid for every 1000£ more earned it won't be that noticeable. Or simply look at effective rate. ...
Jump to postClimate activist aren’t generally that bad, it’s the vegans I really dislike with a passion! Have never met a Vegan that I liked. I am sure there must be one out there somewhere, just haven’t found them. :D And, most likely you won’t. The reason being is that you wouldn’t know about their dietary c...
Jump to postFairness is something that should be in proportion. Now say someone who earns £37700 @20%(£5,026in tax) and someone who earns £150000 @45%(£67,500 in tax)as I mentioned earlier its 3.9x the annual wage. Would farness be those on £150000 just pay the equivalent £19601.40 or at 20% £30000 which is eq...
Jump to postThere is no excuse to attack someone, certainly not based on a religion. Well he insulted it and though I don't condone the act you have to understand what you are doing before you do it. I don't insult any other religion whether I like it or not. Rushdie is an intelligent person. He knew what he w...
Jump to posthttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62524922 Author Salman Rushdie, who suffered years of Islamist death threats after writing The Satanic Verses, has been stabbed in the neck while on stage in New York state. The attacker is said to have been restrained by those on the scene. Salman has been ...
Jump to postInteresting parallel, folks from Africa to the EU folks from South and Central America ito the USA, what is being done to improve the economies in these regions? Over the decades no one had any good idea's, when communist gained power measures are taken, but we cannot think of anything other than w...
Jump to postParasite: A parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host. A fetus is a parasite by the medical definition. Nevermind that the term has been given a larger emotional connotation, but plenty of parasites exist without being an entire...
Jump to postYes, I'm English. Firstly, American politics directly affects me in ways I'm not prepared to discuss here. Secondly, much of the World outside America was severely shocked by the events of 6th January and is taking great interest in these hearings. Just curious, I find it interesting that a non-US ...
Jump to postAll ATC vectors or heading issued in the U.S., will be magnetic. The phrase used above of "turn 10 degrees left" can be used for traffic separation as mentioned however, it is used mostly when the controller does not know what your exact heading is and at times will be followed with "...
Jump to postI wish I could understand the logic of having to check-in on your phone, at pain of €60 if you don't. But when you get to the airport, you have to stand in the same queue, because there is no baggage drop. And even if there was, you still need to present yourself to an agent for a document check. I...
Jump to postI flew from Sulaymaniyah in Iraq to Brisbane a number of years ago, via London (as I’d already booked that ticket before Iraq trip). Was with a colleague and at check in I asked if they could send the bags all the way ISU > DOH > LHR (Qatar Airways) then LHR > HKG > BNE (Cathay Pacific for both iirc...
Jump to postIf they take Spa out of the calendar and even rotate it people hopefully will be outraged. They should rotate the following 8 European tracks and leave the rest on the calendar. - Imola - Nürburgring - Barcelona - Portimao - The Netherlands - France - Hungary - Turkey. Why not Great Britain - Franc...
Jump to postAs an FO on 747-200s for many years, when it was my leg, I'd set the power for T/O to the precomputed T/O EPR setting. Then the FE (SO) would fine tune them with the lever extension on the back of the thrust levers. Then I'd take my hand off the levers and the CPT would place his right hand just af...
Jump to postB777 tire pressures for maximum airplane gross weight in psig (sorted by MTOW): So Boeing also pretty much has the same trend for the family aircraft. Longer the jet, slightly lesser the pressure of the Nose wheel. As a first thought, it may be about lever arm and resulting momentum. Longer arm for...
Jump to post1. Treat every gun as loaded until you verify yourself it is unloaded. Obviously this rule wasn't followed. 2. Only point the gun at a target you intend to destroy. Not followed, but the one rule broken that is understandable on a movie set. 3. Keep your finger off the trigger until you intend to f...
Jump to postThe four rules of gun safety still apply. I'm sure Baldwin had no ill intent to harm either person. But the four rules apply. They apply in what sense? Fred Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1. Treat every gun as loaded until you verify yourself it is unloaded. Obviously this rule wasn't followed. 2...
Jump to postThe Euro for sure has offered its users advantages. However, for me, part of the joy of foreign travel was to be using "foreign" money, so switching to the Euro would not only mean giving up our beloved Pound Sterling (one of the world's oldest currencies) and part of our national identit...
Jump to postThe Euro for sure has offered its users advantages. However, for me, part of the joy of foreign travel was to be using "foreign" money, so switching to the Euro would not only mean giving up our beloved Pound Sterling (one of the world's oldest currencies) and part of our national identit...
Jump to postI have been wanting to purchase a Beechcraft C24 Sierra. I find it to be "almost" the best combination of good looks, pilot and passenger comfort, but it comes up a little short in top-end speed when compared to other 200 HP retractables. I'd like to explore the possibility of installing ...
Jump to postPlus it is the Guardian, so lets not take it too seriously. I regard the Guardian as one of the best papers in Britain, you might not agree with their political stands, but that doesn't mean they are factual wrong. So on facts I would take them very seriously. Well you would, based on your posting ...
Jump to postI would like to see my local McDonalds bring back sausage and egg mcmuffins, they replaced the sausage with a beef patty, it's not right! Christmas starts in December, not October. Oh that just won’t do. Outrageous in fact. You’re in Norway, right? What’s the driver behind that decision- Is it loca...
Jump to postHe was threatened by BLM protesters. Who are all races. Even white. Another poster (NikV, IIRC) was going on about Wisconsin gun laws. I know I have seen other social media posts arguing about "Wisconsin gun laws" even though he lives in Illinois and the guns were (allegedly) bought in Il...
Jump to postIslam in itself isn't a problem, extremist within Islam is the problem, and with any other religion or belief for that matter. I disagree. Islam is THE problem. It allows people to do these acts and the silent majority to stand by as they happen. And many on here and across the “western” world enco...
Jump to postIslam in itself isn't a problem, extremist within Islam is the problem, and with any other religion or belief for that matter. I disagree. Islam is THE problem. It allows people to do these acts and the silent majority to stand by as they happen. And many on here and across the “western” world enco...
Jump to post...never acknowledging that it is Islam that is the problem. Islam IS a problem. It sanctions subjugating or killing non-believers. Islam in itself isn't a problem, extremist within Islam is the problem, and with any other religion or belief for that matter. I disagree. Islam is THE problem. It all...
Jump to postYNG in particular is probably a bad example because the city lost well over 60% of its population in the past 60 years, and has experienced a major economic decline. It losing service is more likely due to overall socio-economic reasons rather than (a lack of) technological innovations in aviation....
Jump to postThis thread is a fabulous read. Thanks to all who have contributed. The biggest innovation that we passengers see is the cramming in of more and more people to the same space. Sculptured seats, thinned in structure to give maximum density. Toilets jammed into the space next to the tiny galley (I’m 6...
Jump to postWhat prejudices? This is reality. You are part of the problem that lets this stuff continue to happen by calling someone prejudiced when they identify what the problem is. You guys really, REALLY wanted it to be a white “mentally ill” person that performed this horrible act, didn’t you? Then you co...
Jump to postGo have a look on the BBC front page now… I think that’s the point they are alluding to. The point that the BBC and a couple of you on here were absolutely falling over yourselves to do anything but say it: Islamic terrorism. The scourge of modern life in many countries be they secular or Islamic c...
Jump to postIsolated incident no.546.528 Your point? Got one you want to share? Already demonstrated how thankfully rare this is, one PM murdered in 1812, most MPs post war by a terror group. The last MP was killed by a neo Nazi, if you are alluding to an ethnic minority. On another thread I linked nations by ...
Jump to postSuper Étendards et Exocet Huh? You mean the ones Argentina had? That further deliveries of were embargoed by France without the UK having to ask immediately after the invasion. French technicians there were sent home. French AF Mirage III aircraft also provided the Sea Harriers with air combat trai...
Jump to postThat's relative. Some science studies say that life begins way before that. For me its in conception. There isn't a complete consensus on that today, not even from scientists. Yes. Why not go even further back than conception? Sperm cells are alive, so it's a bit bizarre to say that life "begi...
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