Engine swaps on commercial aircraft aren’t doable. I promise you it’s not like an LS-swap on whatever you have - the whole aircraft is certified as an airframe/engine combination. The avionics depend on this, the crew training... the list goes on.

It’s been done by quite a few people - everything from bizjets like this one to scrapped 727s/737s.

You replied to the wrong chap, but I’ll take that bet. This airframe will never, ever fly again.

Oh man, that made me laugh!

Blacklight compulsory....

FlightSafety.. hah.. that’s not a name I’ve heard in a while.

An Act of God.

Somewhat amusingly, we have a pilot nicknamed ‘Jacksonville Johnny’ who hit a tech delay at the start of his flight and refused the company’s offer to substitute in a new crew. This might have been because his girlfriend was on board and he wanted the, effectively free, week’s holiday in Florida or it might have just…

It’s been hard to recommend for a long, long time - pay and conditions are in freefall compared to historical levels, the cost of training is staggering, but there’s time left for human civilian pilots.

Auto takeoff is not fitted on any in-service passenger aircraft as far as I know but the tech certainly exists.

The cockpit door has a keypad with an x-digit access code that the cabin crew all know. This lets them get in if there is a dual pilot incapacitation incident like the Helios flight some years back.

You’re on a bit of a personal crusade here and I can’t really add anything more. I’m not condoning what happens, just explaining it.

I’m not sure what point you are trying to make...

I suspect you’ve written what a lot of people are thinking but you’ve missed the point by a fairly wide mark.

You’ll notice that most of these problems originate with the cabin staff and this is down to the (lack of) training in certain areas by many airlines, even the big flag carriers.

I’m a Brit who works abroad and I have to use this system to watch programs I’ve paid for as well! This won’t last forever as the BBC is introducing a login based on the TV license details (they claim) in the near future so use it and abuse it whilst you can...

Apologies for the over...due reply! Work... you know how it is.

Out in the desert, I certainly found US tactical decision making to be more flexible than our own (UK), but the ability to make kit perform tasks it was not designed for is a gift that all military personnel have, of all nationalities!

They’re not quite as breakable as you imagine but there’s a huge difference between displaying a warbird on the airshow circuit and being launched into combat operations with a grand total of 300 hours under your belt of which your time on type would be easily measurable in single digits or, often, just one…

Do you folks have the same bizarre system we do in the UK where the majority of these mainstream EVs are leased and the battery packs are sub-leased as part of the ermm... vehicle lease?