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I know a.net has been talked about ad nauseum on this board, but I happened to be scanning the forum, and I've got to say that a.net has some of the most moronic jackasses I've ever seen. If these idiots are the future of aviation, we're in a heap of trouble.
Examples:Here
And here... [/quote]
And some quotes from posters at AOL concerning the legal case of the DUI America West pilots in Florida.:
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Break the pilots union which is protecting them. Their reasoning- pilots can have a few because the plane flies itself, and all they do is monitor the systems. If this is true, then why must the pilots be paid up to $100,000 per year becasue they are supposedly such experts? You could get someone for under $30,000 to watch the dials. This would help bring down all the other wage scales and maybe put the airlines back into the black, or help put a cap on rising air fares.
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Once the plane is on path in the sky it is put on an automatic pilot computerized program that ensures that the plane travels precisely on the path it is supposed to be on BUT! Experienced pilots are needed to land and for take off. In addition, those computerized controls do not factor in emergencies such as a plane or anything unexpectedly crossing the jets path. Or, if there is a malfunction or bad weather. In short you ALWAYS need a pilot and Copilot at the controls and personally I prefer that if I am flying how about you?
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>In short you ALWAYS need a pilot and Copilot at the controls and personally I
>prefer that if I am flying how about you?
Preferable a sober one LOL
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>pilots be paid up to $100,000 per year
They make way more than that. My brother-in law makes $167,000/yr. and he is only 48. He figures he makes about $700/hour in flight. I am not kidding.
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do planes crash themselves to
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>do planes crash themselves to
Sure if they run out of gas or a wing falls off or sumpin
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Planes do not fly themselves, if that sort of intervention were available, we could have prevented 9-11
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>Planes do not fly themselves, if that sort of intervention were available, we
>could have prevented 9-11
Well they really can-but the pilot can override the auto pilot
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You dont know what your talking about. Lets see you try your hand at "monitoring" the stystems of a multimillion dollar machine, while making decisions that affect the lives of hundreds of people on each one flight. Lets not forget the wrong decision results in death.
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> then why must the pilots be paid up to $100,000 per year becasue they are
>supposedly such experts? You could get someone for under $30,000 to watch
>the dials. This would help bring down all the other wage scales and maybe
>put the airlines back into the black, or help put a cap on rising air fares.
Or we could fly them by remote control
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Absolutely that union is only there to protect THEM. Let's hire some Street People at minimum wage to watch the dials. And that union, they have never been involved in ANY Safety Procedures. They don't care about anything except protecting drunks. No union does. They do nothing about helping to support the rise in even minimum wage.
Sir, perhaps you need to read a few more books and let the newspapers be for 7th graders.
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If you think that there is nothing to the airline piloting profession and that a $30,000 a year bozo sitting up there is acceptable, then perhaps you should become familiar with Korean Air. They have recorded 12 fatal accidents over the last decade alone. Everything about Korean's operation was done with the same mentality that you are pushing. "Airplanes that fly themselves" didn't keep Korean Air out of trouble. The only thing that keeps any airline out of trouble is well trained crews in the air and on the ground. Korean Air has begun cleaning up its act by investing heavily in safety. They no longer take a "nothing to it" attitude. They found out that it kills.
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So many morons on this board spouting off on topics that they know absolutely nothing about.
>If this is true, then why must the pilots be paid up to $100,000 per year
>becasue they are supposedly such experts? You could get someone for under
>$30,000 to watch the dials.
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God is the pilot, and the people we know as pilots are actually co-pilots. NO PLANE FLIES ITS SELF
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Just an agonizing little cross-section of public opinion
Examples:Here
And here... [/quote]
And some quotes from posters at AOL concerning the legal case of the DUI America West pilots in Florida.:
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Break the pilots union which is protecting them. Their reasoning- pilots can have a few because the plane flies itself, and all they do is monitor the systems. If this is true, then why must the pilots be paid up to $100,000 per year becasue they are supposedly such experts? You could get someone for under $30,000 to watch the dials. This would help bring down all the other wage scales and maybe put the airlines back into the black, or help put a cap on rising air fares.
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Once the plane is on path in the sky it is put on an automatic pilot computerized program that ensures that the plane travels precisely on the path it is supposed to be on BUT! Experienced pilots are needed to land and for take off. In addition, those computerized controls do not factor in emergencies such as a plane or anything unexpectedly crossing the jets path. Or, if there is a malfunction or bad weather. In short you ALWAYS need a pilot and Copilot at the controls and personally I prefer that if I am flying how about you?
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>In short you ALWAYS need a pilot and Copilot at the controls and personally I
>prefer that if I am flying how about you?
Preferable a sober one LOL
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>pilots be paid up to $100,000 per year
They make way more than that. My brother-in law makes $167,000/yr. and he is only 48. He figures he makes about $700/hour in flight. I am not kidding.
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do planes crash themselves to
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>do planes crash themselves to
Sure if they run out of gas or a wing falls off or sumpin
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Planes do not fly themselves, if that sort of intervention were available, we could have prevented 9-11
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>Planes do not fly themselves, if that sort of intervention were available, we
>could have prevented 9-11
Well they really can-but the pilot can override the auto pilot
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You dont know what your talking about. Lets see you try your hand at "monitoring" the stystems of a multimillion dollar machine, while making decisions that affect the lives of hundreds of people on each one flight. Lets not forget the wrong decision results in death.
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> then why must the pilots be paid up to $100,000 per year becasue they are
>supposedly such experts? You could get someone for under $30,000 to watch
>the dials. This would help bring down all the other wage scales and maybe
>put the airlines back into the black, or help put a cap on rising air fares.
Or we could fly them by remote control
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Absolutely that union is only there to protect THEM. Let's hire some Street People at minimum wage to watch the dials. And that union, they have never been involved in ANY Safety Procedures. They don't care about anything except protecting drunks. No union does. They do nothing about helping to support the rise in even minimum wage.
Sir, perhaps you need to read a few more books and let the newspapers be for 7th graders.
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If you think that there is nothing to the airline piloting profession and that a $30,000 a year bozo sitting up there is acceptable, then perhaps you should become familiar with Korean Air. They have recorded 12 fatal accidents over the last decade alone. Everything about Korean's operation was done with the same mentality that you are pushing. "Airplanes that fly themselves" didn't keep Korean Air out of trouble. The only thing that keeps any airline out of trouble is well trained crews in the air and on the ground. Korean Air has begun cleaning up its act by investing heavily in safety. They no longer take a "nothing to it" attitude. They found out that it kills.
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So many morons on this board spouting off on topics that they know absolutely nothing about.
>If this is true, then why must the pilots be paid up to $100,000 per year
>becasue they are supposedly such experts? You could get someone for under
>$30,000 to watch the dials.
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God is the pilot, and the people we know as pilots are actually co-pilots. NO PLANE FLIES ITS SELF
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Just an agonizing little cross-section of public opinion
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