It hurts how rare your thought process is. One could hope it’s actually the silent majority but believe it or not there are airline pilots that I fly and work with that primarily blame Boeing. Which I know the knee jerk reaction is usually to blame the pilots and we pilots tend to be sensitive to that. I’m not saying you’re guilty until proven innocent but more often then not it is the pilot/pilots making mistakes. Most crashes aren’t just one mistake. It’s chain of factors or mistakes that usually lead to crashes. Sad for everyone regardless of the primary cause. I wish training/scheduling/maintenance/all the other behind the scene issues that can and do contribute to accidents were even mentioned or given even a 10th of the coverage or consideration. But instead we get months and months and months of how horrible Boeing is.

(Written on 2019/10/01)(Permalink)

Pepe 2020!!!

(Written on 2019/04/22)(Permalink)

While we're at it maybe we should require everyone to be monitored while they're driving. Enough of that pesky privacy nonsense. The driving public's lives are worth more than any conversation you could be having. That and I'm fairly certain wayyy more people die in cars than in planes. I'm all for increased safety though. While we're at it we should probably require that all maintenance technicians also be monitored/recorded and publicly disseminated. That way we really know that they're only talking about things that are pertinent to the safety of the aircraft. Or really just anyone who even looks at the plane before a flight. Safety safety safety. And think of all of the wonderful jobs you'd create policing everyone's conversations. But seriously... You want to ensure added safety beyond some pilots babbling? Maybe require companies to spend more than 4-5 days training someone on their "new" aircraft. Or have them change rest requirements. Or work hour requirements. Or pay require

(Written on 2018/12/13)(Permalink)

I'm not sure as to what extent they're "not cooperating" but honestly.. I'd be very worried about my career and probably wouldn't want to answer a bunch of questions right there on the spot either. I'd definitely be getting myself proper representation while waiting for official channels of communication.

(Written on 2018/07/31)(Permalink)

I thought this was pretty funny. I feel like the heavy's pilot are being a little too sensitive(<-this is me being professional). I mean really what it boils down to is they didn't get what they wanted and then they were unhappy with what they were told to do instead. Or maybe they were just embarrassed that ATC told them how it was with everyone else..My boss is going to talk to your boss lol. Heavy's boss - "Hey New York departure.. How dare you give our pilots all the information available to you. We don't want that. We'd appreciate it if you'd just give us direct instead."

(Written on 2018/07/25)(Permalink)

I didn't read the article but I imagine it's Boeing's fault.

(Written on 2017/12/13)(Permalink)

-sidenote...there are a couple videos of this guy dicking around over the water all the way up to the actual crash(which you can't actually really see the impact because of the angle of the videos/boats to the plane in the water)..so I guess there's our answer. I feel like most of us have been there at some point doing stuff we shouldn't have been doing in an airplane. Not all of us come out okay on the other side :( RIP

(Written on 2017/11/25)(Permalink)

I doesn't really matter if it's the airplane or the pilot. It's still bad news for the Icon A5. I mean, regardless of the cause, it's terrible PR for a young company/aircraft. Icon's target market definitely isn't a super experienced bunch. And I'm not jumping on blaming the new guy(I don't know his experience). I'm simply stating that the group more likely to be interested in said aircraft is going to be closer to the novice category than the professional career pilot side. That being said I know a very experienced and professional pilot was the first to error at the highest cost in this aircraft but back to the point which is...Any crash in a aircraft is bad news for the aircraft manufacturer. Even if it isn't their fault it will affect their reputation. I own a Grumman AA1A. I get lectured and warned by 10 pilots every time I fly it about how dangerous and deadly that airplane is. It's a fantastic airplane. Does it have its own little quirks? Yes. If you don't fly an airplane how it'

(Written on 2017/11/07)(Permalink)

These were Boeing birds.. Not the airbus kind of bird strike.

(Written on 2017/10/27)(Permalink)

I think this is a fantastically written article. Maybe I haven't educated myself enough on its subject matter to find its errors but I'd love to hear everyone else's opinions on this piece.

(Written on 2017/10/20)(Permalink)