I guess our copy was broken.   It always worked.  The partial triggering problem was easily solved by not playing on carpet and rolling on the table instead of the board.

They are only one way, yes.  One way that can be eliminated.

SHIFT TO NEUTRAL!

I always pay a little extra to sit in an exit row (also free booze!) and this just adds to the list of reasons why.

It wouldn’t matter if an aircraft gets keyed over.  If ATC doesn’t acknowledge, they just repeat.  ATC’s acknowledgement response would come on the ATC to Aircraft dedicated line that CANNOT be keyed over.

Read.

Change your own mind. Stick a Li-ion battery in water.

duplex broadcasting is easy enough. TX from the ATC reaches all aircraft RX. TX from any aircraft reaches RX at the ATC as well as a secondary RX on each aircraft.

Some comms don’t need to be broadcast in a manner that can be keyed over.

...and the average snail moves at an average pace.

Elevated above a minor flood.  Enough that normal runoff goes around and not over, and it will still be dry if water is a few inches deep.

It appears two pilots had hit their radio buttons at the same time of and the Southwest flight crew missed the controller’s message.

If we’re too busy for safety, we won’t be too busy long.

We still have half duplex radio communications on aircraft? I have full-duplex in my pocket.

Never forget how incredibly unintelligent the average person is.

If I’m going to build a car around me to keep dry, I might as well take the car.

No, build them into a platform that possibly even elevates the tanker. It doesn’t have to be as tall as the vents (would be bad if it was). 1 ft would be plenty.

At 60+ mph rain HURTS.

Station tank fill access should be elevated.

arresting wires simply bring the aircraft down below stall speed very quickly.