^^ This 10000x.
Sure there are some nice comforts and features that will make life easier for the operator, but on the whole it's a massive step backwards in actual durability, utility and usability.
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Sure there are some nice comforts and features that will make life easier for the operator, but on the whole it's a massive step backwards in actual durability, utility and usability.
I've walked in to so many code based where very talented individuals have made incredibly complex systems, using all their technical know how of best practices & patterns, abstraction layers and facades ... and ignored the fact that all they needed was a three field form with a submit button.
It's not just worth knowing if you can, it's if you should.
They added the MCAS because they didn’t want the Max to be a different type, which meant starting the certification process from scratch. They were able to self certify precisely because it was a 737 type.
Yes - there were many issues that lead to the accidents and you can’t really point to just the one thing; but ultimately it did boil down to a culture at the company created by the environment it operates under.
I’m not defending Boeing here - if anything, I’m more upset at them as they had the engineering will and talent, the political and financial backing to make meaningful changes to the regulatory environment and make aviation safer as a manufacturer - but they chose greed.
Lastly, that’s nowhere near what I said but I can see how you can get to that conclusion. I’m an aviation enthusiast and a Pilot (feel free to go through my post history) - and it’s not a question of weakening regulation; it’s a matter of streamlining ways to get new technology certified faster - it only took 3 decades for the FAA to give the STC for unleaded gasoline etc etc.
The 5G band that was auctioned off is only one step next to the band used by radar altimeters - essentially a piece of equipment on aircraft that gives it its precise height above the ground.
Aircraft can and do have barometric (pressure corrected) and GPS altimeters as well (which are usually giving you your height above sea level - and knowing the height of the terrain you can work out your height above ground), all of which feed into the various systems allowing them to have an accurate height at any given point during the flight.
This is most needed when flying “precision 3D approaches”, usually in bad weather when visual contact with the ground may not be possible until the wheels actually touch the ground. Autopilot systems that land the aircraft fly these “approaches”, and thus rely greatly on their height, speed and distance.
These radar altimeters were mostly designed and certified back in the 80’s (or even earlier!) - and it’s a lot of work to have any equipment certified - especially today. Hardware + software back then was nowhere near as good as it is today, yet many of these altimeters still being produced today would be to the original spec from a few decades ago - which had a much wider tolerance or sensitivity to the frequencies, so when you have a frequency only a few steps away - a slightly older / worn equipment with perhaps not the best shielding will definitely pick up some surges from frequencies next to it.
Blame the FAA for their archaic and slow, near impossible process to get equipment certified. Blame the Aircraft / Equipment manufacturers for not updating their equipment with the times, but that’s on the FAA for making this process difficult- see 737 certification as an example, leading to the max accidents.
This is very anecdotal, but I never really had any issues - even more so, the last ZipCar hire I did took me from downtown SF to the Muir Woods (no cell reception at all). I had no issues locking / unlocking the car during the trip - I'm fairly certain it uses bluetooth for the connection between app and car; but likely needs data for starting or ending a trip.
Lastly - I was happily driving an electric 1er convertible in Berlin under the DriveNow car share back in 2012!
They’ve been in the EV game far longer than people realise; and have the iX1, i3, iX3, i4, i7, i8, iX either available now or within the next 12 months.
This is not to gloss over their current subscription based hardware access, which is in poor taste, but obviously people are still buying their cars.
Cirrus’s transition training emphasises pulling the chute - the seats and airframe are designed to absorb the vertical impact and protect the people on board. Most other aircraft you learn to pick a field to glide into, or do spin / unusual attitude training to recover from them. The chute is essentially a get out of jail free card for when you don’t have the options for any of those things.
The Vision Jet is also the only turbine (jet) engine powered aircraft with such a system.
It also boasts the Garmin Safe Return system; where the autopilot lands the aircraft in case of Pilot incapacitation - doing everything from radio calls, selecting the appropriate airport and runway, flying the approach and landing to a stop.
Very harmful if ingested or absorbed, directly or indirectly.
The oral vaccine in use in a lot of the world contains a weakened version of the virus, and allows your body to fight it off without any negative effects. This is usually a 3 or 4 course vaccine.
This specifically engineered weakened virus has been shown to mutate and infect other partially or non vaccinated individuals, including causing paralysis, and is the one now popping up in more developed / inoculated areas - but again, in unvaccinated individuals.
Note - from what I have read, you can still get and spread polio even if you are vaccinated (much like Covid), but it’s an incredibly low chance - and furthermore, your risk of serious disease / paralysis / death is even lower (so we know the vaccines work). The oral vaccine (weakened virus) efficacy is much higher than the injected (inactive virus) vaccine too, and boosters are offered for those who had the vaccines as children and are now adults.
There is also another oral vaccine, with a weakened virus, that has been engineered to prevent certain mutations that cause it to spread (if I read some articles correctly), but is not currently approved for use in the US / UK.
Polio was one of the first few horrible diseases almost eradicated by vaccines. Whatever your stance on getting vaccinated, do understand that Polio has a 1 in 200 chance of resulting in severe symptoms and paralysis, and there is no treatment for it - only prevention via inoculation. It is not like Covid where mostly the older, more immunocompromised suffer - it will ravage children and healthy adults too.
Some folks thrive in an office environment, they value the things it provides - a schedule, a time, a reason to get up and out, socialising with others, being out in the world. It comes at a cost of time and a bit of freedom; you don't really get to choose the hours or where this happens, neither the folks you interact with.
Others prefer working remotely, they cherish being able to set their own schedule and work, and being able to manage their level of interactions with others. Remote work does not have to be work from home either, and the freedom this gives can be quite liberating.
There is also a somewhat of divide between introverts and extroverts between which they prefer, but of course - there are many in either camp leaning the other way too.
You just have to find what works for you - and that means trying both, or a mix, and seeing which one suits you best.
Where it gets rather frustrating for folks is when they are not given a choice - some companies; ergo leaders, can't wait to have everyone back in an office even after 2 or so years of being (mostly? somewhat?) productive during the pandemic; and this is where frictions arise. Other companies are entirely remote, and for those who thrive in an office environment, they will struggle greatly.
I'd love to see managers / leaders, and even employees recognise that individuals have preferences, and being accommodating of it to get the best out of their people, rather than imposing how they find they work best. How, or what this would entail, I'd have to give more thought - but I believe there are plenty of individuals with far more experience and knowledge than me around this topic who have been successful at managing hybrid (office + remote) teams, and accomodating individuals that lean either way.
We should not be taking steps backwards and making that sort of behaviour acceptable, because if we do that at home - then places with already lower standards will compete by lowering theirs further.
A local law office with 1-2 lawyers and a few assistants; likely $1000-1500 that’s held by them to put towards any future requirements.
Larger firms range from $5000-25000 for an individual, but again, usually this money is held in a trust on your behalf and you can use it to pay down any bills or let them keep it and pay the invoices as they come.
> corporations would be in US jurisdiction but the employees could flow through with minimal overhead
It implies to me that the corporations get to be US based and reap those benefits while employees are not and can be taken advantage of.
Though I do agree with you - there’s a few experiments happening with special economic areas / designated cities in a few places (again, a few in the Middle East) to attract talented individuals and companies to whom local laws may not apply.
You’ve just described Qatar, Bahrain, UAE etc.
Maybe reconsider why local labour is expensive and why it’s worth paying for.
I think you can run PHP on there now too; see https://glitch.com/edit/#!/php-poc
For even simpler (static JS/HTML), I just publish on GitLab or GitHub pages.
Doing the bare minimum, with not a lot of TLC.
It makes for excellent work environments if you derive your joy and fulfilment from activities outside of work, but can be immensely frustrating if you want to deliver on quality (or expect quality delivered).
Here’s an out there scenario - a few power generating aircraft or satellites in high orbit sending power down to drones at lower altitudes, and vehicles on the ground that just have inverters and motors. No costly batteries, let alone the logistical supplies required for fuel and maintenance for combustion. You are no longer limited by the slow moving fuel vehicles; a blitz is a whole other thing now.
Generators and solar arrays are the backbone of most forward operating bases - no longer. You have so much more freedom and space as you are no longer restricted by your power / fuel requirements.
It will shift the balance of war, vehicles, infrastructure, logistics.
For less military uses - imagine doing away with power cables entirely. No more costly infrastructure built above or below the ground. Just a few towers (much like mobile phone towers) transmitting to households. Depending on where the technology goes, imagine not needing batteries in anything anymore. You’re just hooked up to the wireless grid for power too.
It’s still in its infancy, but this is pretty significant.
A wing or the nose would have been far easier to inspect and replace.
They can make a new one with their own email if it’s important.
We’ll likely see amendments codifying those unwritten rules into existing legislation soon enough.
- Having the money to afford the training for the pilots license
- Having the time to complete the training and stay current
- Having no health issues that may deny you a medical
It is pretty out of reach for most people with out the time / funds for it.
About 105 vaccine recipients reported at least one AEFI symptoms following COVID-19 vaccination (incidence proportion 6.4%, 95% CI: 5.3%, 7.7%). All AEFI reported were minor which were managed by tablet paracetamol and subsided after 1–2 days. Fever (65, 3.98%) was the most commonly reported AEFI followed by myalgia (54, 3.30%) (Fig. 1). About 48 (2.94%) study participants reported 2 or more AEFI, most common being fever with myalgia (19, 1.16%) and fever with headache (18, 1.10%). No severe or serious AEFI was reported among vaccine recipients.