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Quick question from a non-flyer... Why have a control lock on a plane at all? I think I know one answer... To keep control surfaces from flapping around and getting damaged in windy conditions while parked?  Are there other reasons?

In this case, the control lock is ahead of the control stick and between the elevator pedals. It’s a bit hidden even though it’s painted red. The main issue appears to be the case that with the lock in place, it is still possible to use the tail wheel AND the rudder to turn the plane from side to side while on the…

Complacency sets in with everyone, especially with the people who should know better. The kind yet stern old Senior Master Sergeant who instructed me said to me that checklists are written in blood, and so I slavishly adhered to the checklist at all times.

I’m about to watch the Blancolirio channel’s coverage of this - Juan Browne is a professional ATP pilot usually a pretty thorough reviewer of the NTSB findings on his YouTube channel.

It’s the little things that can trip you up.

Now if they would put a touch screen on one and allow the back to flip all the way over, I wouldn’t have a reason to buy the HP spectre.

Just buy Dell, its usually the same panel without the razor blade edges.

I’d settle for the studio monitor with 2 inputs... God Craig forbid I use the monitor for a device other than my Mac

They should just include the masks with the COVID tests!

Because there is a particular personality type that’s drawn to managerial positions, and they are always disasters at management. They don’t understand what management is about but think they can do a better jobs. They want complete control and immediate success and don’t see their employees as human beings. They’ve…

After reading the article, it appears as if those customer service employees working “intense” hours should sue the shit out of Away for the shit ton of unpaid hours they worked Because I doubt they would be found “exempt” under FLSA.

“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Why is it so hard for people who run companies to not be raging assholes? It’s not hard.

Given the history I would have been extremely skeptical about the “month off” panning out. It’s an absurd offer for a division that was apparently understaffed.

I’m an airline pilot that flew out of Chicago during this storm. What happened here was you have a contaminated runway, snow and ice with braking action advisories in effect, plus a strong gusty crosswind. After touchdown, the mostly likely cause was as the plane slowed and the rudder loses effectiveness you rely more…

I had the exact same experience in the late 90s, only it was with Phantasmagoria. A friend who had a PC which was very rare for me in those days, we never had one growing up, was playing the game one day and my mind was blown. It was like a cheesy b-movie complete with cornball death scenes and it was amazing. I…

Worst part is that people don’t learn from the mistakes of previous generation, but repeat them instead. I bet someone comes out and blames those Spinners of causing young people to degenerate, and then saying how back in their days things were better.

I was a youngling (10/11 or so) when Night Trap first released, but I remember the furor it sparked. Between that and the Congressional hearings on Mortal Kombat, I thought the wave of “games are bad, mmm’kay,” was about as bad as it could get.

Then, during my undergraduate years, Jack Thompson rose to prominence on…

See also: Double Switch, the spiritual successor with Corey Haim, Taylor Negron, and Debbie Harry.