A video of the crash can teach those of us who ride what caused the mistake that lead to his death, so we can hopefully avoid a similar fate.

I know right? It’s only been like 12 hours. I doubt anyone has had time to upload it.

And I’m not sure how rapid it is.  This train only runs a handful of times a day.

If you can’t learn the basic streets around where you live, you shouldn’t be driving - or voting- or breeding.

FTFY

There is an over-reliance on technology, especially when it comes to navigating. I’m just as guilty as most of you when it comes to simply plugging my destination into my phone and blindly following the directions.

You’re asking this of people who drove onto a fucking dirt road trying to get to an airport? 

The boom operator no longer has a big window out back to directly view the receiver.  Now he sits in a phone booth up front wearing 3D goggles and does everything by camera.  That’s the biggest issue.  However, there are lots of little missteps (trash and tools, basic layout for cargo) that also should have been fixed.

So did CP Bernd Kai von Hoesslin. Who is he? A guy who flew for Ethiopian Airlines and begged them to change their training after the Lion Air crash. And begged. And begged.

So did CP Bernd Kai von Hoesslin. Who is he? A guy who flew for Ethiopian Airlines and begged them to change their training after the Lion Air crash. And begged. And begged.

Well ladies and gentlemen, what you saw there was a very good example of a non-stabilized approach which in commercial aviation should have resulted in a go-around.

... To use to keep our own fleet of trash Harriers flying until the F-35 came on line.

It’s not only greed, but also stupidity and gullibility that is part of this equation.  You give program managers (O-6 and above) way too much credit for being smart from an engineering and technological standpoint.  They rely on the “smart” guys and gals to give the right answers, but sometimes they are on the vendor…

This jet will be around for decades, right? And it will continuously be improved with the Mk2, Mk3, Mk4 variants?

Yet somehow they are perfectly fine for active operations and deployment.

I just read that he made one tweet this morning saying he has deleted his twitter account. I honestly don’t believe it though. Wouldn’t that mean we are no longer in the darkest timeline?

Someone need to punch this ass in his smug little face.

Pretty much. I’ve worked in both UAW and non-UAW plants, and honestly, the workers in the non-UAW plants were happier. I can’t speak to ALL the plants in right-to-work states, but at least for the ones I HAVE been in, there was no need for the UAW.

Exactly. I’m part of the IEC, or Independent Electrical Comtractors, easiest way to explain it is a non-union union. I’m not formally opposed to any and all unions, but I’m not completely for unions either. There’s positives and negatives for both sides, and i chose to be non union because I’m frankly tired of being…

Intimidation is a rather strong word here.