ZeitgeistObserver
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Sun Apr-18-10 10:17 PM
Response to Reply #15 |
| 18. Now you're equating drunk driving with flying under a cloud. |
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Sounds like you've already had a few.
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| -WaPo: Airlines, European officials urge end to flight restrictions |
Poll_Blind |
Apr-18-10 09:17 PM |
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"overreacted to the threat posed to jet engines" |
Webster Green |
Apr-18-10 09:30 PM |
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People are dying because of this. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 09:38 PM |
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Oh. They can just fly under it? Why weren't they doing that all along? |
Poll_Blind |
Apr-18-10 09:47 PM |
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Overreaction, that's why. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 09:48 PM |
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I disagreed with the assesment of overreaction. |
Webster Green |
Apr-18-10 09:57 PM |
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They can fly under the cloud. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 09:59 PM |
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From OP...200 mi from where ash was predicted to end...oops |
uppityperson |
Apr-18-10 10:03 PM |
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No plane has ever crashed because of volcanic ash. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:06 PM |
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Let's keep it that way. |
uppityperson |
Apr-18-10 10:10 PM |
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We won't do it by hiding. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:10 PM |
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I've never crashed my car while driving drunk either, not hiding by avoiding driving drunk though |
uppityperson |
Apr-18-10 10:12 PM |
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Just hide under your bed and be done with it. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:14 PM |
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Come on over, let's have a few and go out for a quick drive |
uppityperson |
Apr-18-10 10:16 PM |
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Now you're equating drunk driving with flying under a cloud. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:17 PM |
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You should get on one of those planes. |
neverforget |
Apr-18-10 10:15 PM |
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I have flown under far worse conditions. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:16 PM |
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Uphill. In the snow. Both ways. |
uppityperson |
Apr-18-10 10:17 PM |
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And barefoot. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:17 PM |
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explain? Are you a pilot? Are you willing to put the lives of your passengers |
neverforget |
Apr-18-10 10:18 PM |
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It's plain English. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:24 PM |
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So flying through ash that is 200 mi away from where it was predicted isn't dangerous? |
uppityperson |
Apr-18-10 10:27 PM |
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Since we can track it exactly, no. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:29 PM |
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Your credentials? And a link to post above re "track it exactly" |
uppityperson |
Apr-18-10 10:31 PM |
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You're not uppity, you're just not listening. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:38 PM |
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At what altitude? The lower they fly the less time they have to restart |
neverforget |
Apr-18-10 10:56 PM |
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The cloud is fairly high. I think you can trust the pilots. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:58 PM |
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Pilots make wrong decisions too. Ash and aircraft engines don't mix |
neverforget |
Apr-18-10 11:55 PM |
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What part of 'under' are you missing? |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 11:58 PM |
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The lower you fly the less time you have to find a place to land and/or |
neverforget |
Apr-18-10 11:59 PM |
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Pilots are professionals. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-19-10 12:01 AM |
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I'm a pilot. What are you? |
neverforget |
Apr-19-10 12:02 AM |
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Not afraid of risk. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-19-10 12:09 AM |
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uh huh. just another keyboard warrior |
neverforget |
Apr-19-10 12:10 AM |
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PS. Change careers. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-19-10 12:12 AM |
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Why don't you ever answer any of the questions posed to you? |
neverforget |
Apr-19-10 12:14 AM |
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Why are you telling people to distrust pilots? |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-19-10 12:17 AM |
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I'm not and you're still not answering any questions. It's so easy for you |
neverforget |
Apr-19-10 12:23 AM |
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Yes, you are. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-19-10 12:29 AM |
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One thing you have a lot of is bravado. BTW it's not the pilots that are |
neverforget |
Apr-19-10 12:32 AM |
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The pilots are OBJECTING to the restrictions, |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-19-10 12:34 AM |
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So very easy for you to say....why don't you change jobs? |
neverforget |
Apr-19-10 12:35 AM |
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No air rage please. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-19-10 12:36 AM |
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It's airlines, not the pilots, that are protesting this. Air rage? |
neverforget |
Apr-19-10 12:37 AM |
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No,it's the pilots. Out. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-19-10 12:54 AM |
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NATO jets damaged by volcanic ash |
neverforget |
Apr-19-10 08:01 AM |
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What about flying under the ash?"There is no altitude that is completely safe below 11,000m." |
uppityperson |
Apr-20-10 02:38 PM |
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Well... |
kirby |
Apr-18-10 10:32 PM |
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Yes, here is his story. |
ZeitgeistObserver |
Apr-18-10 10:42 PM |
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Yep but a BA passenger plane lost all four engines |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-18-10 10:41 PM |
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Link needs a period at end of it. Thanks for the link, good to see reporting. |
uppityperson |
Apr-18-10 10:01 PM |
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Ding ding |
malaise |
Apr-19-10 08:03 AM |
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In a battle between safety and commerce, commerce will win every time.... |
marmar |
Apr-20-10 02:40 PM |
#52 |
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