gloomymetaphor.bsky.social
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I don’t think you can count something you can learn in an afternoon as a superpower.
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Backing into spaces is safer than pulling in forwards and backing out. And is thus often mandated by company policies for people driving company vehicles.
It’s also significantly easier if you’re in a truck to back in than back out.
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Used to be true, but automatic transmissions have improved and generally are slightly more efficient than the manual option for newer cars.
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You replied directly to the top comment about the valet not knowing how to drive a manual, was I supposed to read your mind that you were talking about someone else?
And you’re acting more superior about not knowing how to drive a manual than anyone else is about their ability to do so.
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It’s something that most people don’t need to know these days, but someone whose job to drive other people’s vehicles should absolutely be able to.
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They literally don't though. The planes are just leased to Omni during the offseason and Omni just uses it as part of their fleet without the Pats involvement day to day operations.
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The planes just get used as a normal part of Omni's fleet during the offseason, they go all over the place. Which is why getting mad at the Patriots for this is so dumb, they were not operationally involved with this flight AT ALL.
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It flew to Guantanamo, not El Salvador.
I didn't "deny" anything. I'm just saying that you're getting mad at the wrong people, the Pats are not involved in where Omni flies the planes while they lease them, being mad at the team distracts the focus from the people who actually deserve your anger.
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Ok, then change the metaphor to U-Haul.
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Why on earth would Kraft have suggested Omni take a random military contract flight with his plane? Kraft is a piece of shit, absolutely, but that doesn’t make any sense.
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If someone commits a crime while driving a rental car, then you don’t blame Avis. The Pats lease the planes to Omni during the offseason and there’s no reason Omni wouldn’t use it like any other plane in their fleet. Be mad at Omni for taking the contract, sure, but being mad at the Pats is silly.
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Yeah, and it would have been less impactful of a sentence without the “fucking.” Swearing is a useful part of language, unlike your self righteous and inane contribution to this conversation.
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I don’t know about *safer* than a plane, but it’s still true that autorotation is absolutely feasible and that helicopters don’t drop like a rock just because the engine stops producing power. But the helicopter here didn’t have a simple engine failure, the rotor actually detached from the fuselage.
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Because a go around, by itself, is not a significant enough event to require extensive documentation.
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ATC has a fuller picture, but as a pilot it’s important to build a mental map of where other aircraft from what you hear on the radio and see outside. And ADS-B makes it even easier since you can see on the screen where (most) aircraft are now.
I agree most pilots don’t want to die though! :)
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Ok, that was a fun talk about the word “normal.”
Sorry we never seemed to get to the larger point about fear mongering over nothing and spreading misinformation.
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Spreading misinformation without fact checking feels way more “twitter energy” than my mildly snarky reply, but I never was a big twitter user so what do I know?
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It is normal for there to be assaults every day in a major city.
It is not normal to be assaulted.
Both are reasonable statements.
The news also doesn’t write a whole article for every single assault that occurs, and an assault is way more dangerous and consequential than a plane going around.
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I never said it was statistically likely for any given flight, I said it was normal. It occurs about 1-3x per day at major airports. I stand by the idea that something that occurs every day is a reasonable use of the word “normal.”
It’s not something that makes any sense to put in the news.
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I wouldn’t call the BPL Boylston street building a “troll farm,” it’s far too nice for that… We’re from the same city dude. I assure you that having some aviation knowledge does not mean that I support Trump, Musk, or Russia. But I’d rather fight misinformation with actual facts, not fear mongering.
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I’m fine. Who hurt *you* such that you feel the need to spend your time spreading misinformation?
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It happens everyday, that seems like a reasonable use of “normal” to me. Of course it’s a small overall percentage of flights, it would be inefficient to have a go around every other landing and something would be changed. But it happens, it’s not newsworthy, and it’s not a cause for concern.
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0.39% of arrivals at core 30 airports result in a GA. So 1-3x/day average. Not all due to spacing though, go arounds also occur due to an unstable approach, wind shear, animal on the runway, etc. If pilot or ATC is not 100% sure of a safe landing, then they GA.
www.faa.gov/air_traffic/... page 19
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When it happens for a runway incursion like at MDW, it is concerning, but when it’s just because the departing airplane on the runway didn’t have time to depart yet and ATC sends the next arrival around with plenty of safety margin, that’s just the system working, and it’s not news. 2/2
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Yes, go arounds because of spacing happen all the time. ATC and pilots are good at what they do, but not perfect. Busy airports have planes coming in one after another all day, if one plane takes a little longer than expected exiting the runway then the next arrival might have to be sent around. 1/2
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This thread is not about the MDW incident.
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No worries! I disagree though. Keeping things tight enough that there has to be an occasional go around because traffic missed the high speed taxiway or whatever can be done without risking violating separation minimums and doesn’t compromise safety and allows the airport to operate at max capacity.
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The post is not talking about the MDW incident. It’s about a routine go around due to spacing with no runway incursion involved.
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And I’m not judging anyone for being scared.
But I am judging people for spreading misinformation and jumping to conclusions on topics they know nothing about. This wasn’t an incident, the AP should not be writing fear mongering articles based on a passenger being startled by normal operations.
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Yep, and they are not because flying is still safe. Trump and co are doing scary things to the fed, but they haven’t done anything to directly affect day to day aviation ops. And you’re thinking more critically than many people on here despite your phobia so kudos, and hope you have a great trip! :)
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Re-read it. He is not talking about the MDW incident.
Though FYI, the Southwest pilot initiated the go around at MDW, the tower started to say something (presumably a go around instruction) but the pilots had already reacted and were in the go. Phenomenal situational awareness on their part.
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Not the same incident as linked here, but regardless, of course we fucking know there was a controller watching because there is a goddamn recording of the ground controller telling the plane to stop multiple times. Quit misleading people when you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.
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No one’s normalizing any near catastrophes. The issue is this is being reported as though it were a near catastrophe when it objectively wasn’t. No separation minimums were violated, all that happened was that the sequencing to the runway didn’t work out.
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This was not in any way a near miss. Spacing didn’t work for the arrival sequence so a plane was sent around. No separation minimums were violated. No safety issues. Just a go around. Normal operations.
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So you’re going to believe random passengers who have no aviation knowledge? It might be sort of jarring if you’re not expecting it since it involves a relatively high pitch up and increase in power, but it was literally just a go around. No runway incursion, no loss of separation, no safety issue.
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Because not everything can go perfectly. If a plane on the runway waiting to depart is delayed from doing so even briefly, then there is longer space for it to depart before the next arrival needs to land. So the arrival plane is sent around. No danger, no separation loss, it’s just a busy airport.
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Yes, the FAA will be involved, retraining will definitely happen. And since Flexjet pilots were a bunch of dumbfucks who voted to leave Teamsters a few years ago the pilot might be fired since they don’t have any union protections.
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Demonstrably false. Ground told flexjet to stop multiple times, and the tower controller started to say something to Southwest which was presumably going to be a go around instruction but the pilots had great situational awareness and were already in the go. It was noticed and reacted to correctly.
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No, because unlike you they understand what the hell is going on and that ATC hasn’t been a factor in any of the recent crashes, and they weren’t at fault here. What Trump is doing to the fed is awful and scary as fuck, but nothing about day to day aviation operations has been changed so far.
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You are correct, if you look on flightradar24 and listen to the liveatc recording you can see it was completely routine sequencing. Departing plane on the runway just hadn’t taken off yet so AA was sent around. It was nowhere close to being a safety issue. This is just irresponsible reporting.
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This sort of fear mongering is not something I’d expect from the AP. Disappointing.
It was a standard go around because the spacing didn’t work out. It was nowhere close to violating separation minima, it was not a safety issue, it was literally just a normal go around that happens every single day
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Not an unusual thing to do at all.
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Had to scroll way too far to find a voice of reason in these replies. Yes, what Trump has been doing is fucking bad, but it didn’t cause the crash. Nothing suggests anything other than the crew of the Blackhawk screwed up. There was no error by ATC, they did exactly what they were supposed to do.
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In fairness, that is the best looking cyber truck I’ve seen yet. We’re still comparing turds, but that is certainly better than the stock version that came out of Elon’s ass.