New Lawfirm: TeeVee, Evan and 3BS

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Huh?...

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I concur that Dan’s rule is BS.

Light planes need very different rules DEPENDING on the situation.

For the typical long runway- if your acceleration is off and you miss your liftoff point YOU STOP. The one engine really needs to be working right.

Now…for truly short fields where accelerate stop is an issue…you need a speed vs distance check THAT ALLOWS YOU TO STOP.

There’s also a top secret method of a nice check before you are too committed, that was alluded to by a respected airline pilot.

Of course, Boeing Bobby’s well-trained a$$ and sixth sense is also pretty darn good.

Footnote: It’s possible that Dan’s rule provides decent protection, but it’s based on nothing concrete. Perhaps the general disdain that one of our friends has for him is well founded?

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I know nothing about it, but maybe TeeVee can explain?

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Not only am I an amateur aviation expert, ranked higher than Kit Darby (by a highly-respected insider), I am an amateur meteorologist and trained storm spotter.

Aeroplanies and Thunderstormies are interesting topics. Sometimes windshields are broken. Other times airplanes are spit out onto the ground. And extremely often people go to social media to highlight improvisational cowboy idiocy and wanton disregard to the AIM-recommend 20 mile clearance from Cbs.

Example of the last item: https://youtu.be/D5CLNC1kPsQ

Repeating- I have a creepy memory of a special towering cumulus a tad north of DFW…

Hail, microburst, surged JT-8Ds on DC-9s…heck, even iced over pitots followed by relentless pull ups…

Aviation Typists Monthly once indicated that operations do indeed continue in spite of thunderstorms affecting the terminal area. I tend to believe them.

PS: I also have Red Cross First Aid training if anyone needs medical...

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An interesting write up:

Hurricanes tend to top out at 30K, but the article’s word choice is that overflying is dangerous.

Edit edit, direct link.

https://simpleflying.com/flying-over-hurricanes/

Edit: iPhone copy paste works bad. A Google search for “How tall is a hurricane” hit on airliners not flying over them at simpleflying.

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This looks fun: “We are flying aeroplanies through hurricanes.

Disclaimers:

I really don’t know how tall hurricanes are (US thunderstorms occasionally blow aircraft ceilings away). This may be a big nothing.

Video from “hurricane hunting” L-188s at lower altitudes show reasonably OK rides except near eye walls.

The PR aspects are interesting, including the “we got this”…versus a serous, “jet aircraft are able to safely fly above the storm, our flight crews strictly adhere to all safety protocols and regulations.”



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Indeed.

Much more thought goes into seat pitch, pricing, and policies....

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1. Livery is a big word for paint scheme.

2. The marketing department puts a lot of effort into them.

3. When a new one comes out, post an announcement and a pic of it in the forum.

4. State your feelings about it.

5. I have some interest in historic liveries. Modern ones, less so.

6. Hope this helps....

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Tee Vee: Please do not go to any effort, but do you think the railroad will be paying some damages?

The truck insurance probably comes up short, and governments (the county highway dept.) tend to have some immunity, and the railroad decided it was ok to go 90 past an unguarded county road…

150 folks are going to be making a few claims…maybe more for a decent dose of stress.

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Because the not_safety forum is not_particularly analytical and generally short on discussion. Lots of livery stuff. I usually do not_check there. This is also home to the customer not_service thread....

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Don’t limit OUR traffic.

https://www.businessinsider.com/unit...edium=news_tab...

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Agree.

That being said, I suspect gates would have made a difference IN THIS CASE. The crossing was listed as a concern beforehand and 90 MPH + an unprotected public road sure feels wrong.

We will never know if the truck driver was being grossly stupid, or was surprised by the 90 MPH train.

Gates would provide better notice and at least a suggested deterrent not_to cross.

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1. Descriptions exist at the link and in this thread.

2. Are you changing your stance?

3. You seem to be getting into gray areas....

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Indeed(but see footnote).

Not sure if you guys have bothered to read the wiki link.

The crossing was fairly steep (limiting visibility), and had some vegetation obscuring the view (although it met the TCOM standards).

The steepness of the crossing was also indicated as a contributing factor as heavy vehicles tried to manage momentum to clear the crossing (and would make them not want to stop before crossing- and would make their crossing slower as they had to start from a stop).

It was a very busy rail line, but mostly freight- which tends to operate between 30 and 50 MPH, not_90 MPH.

The truck apparently got nailed in the rear (indicating he made it MOST OF WAY through the crossing.

In spite of Regan's failures, had it been freight-train speeds, or better visibility, or a more gradual approach grade, or had crossing gates, one might reasonably speculate that the crash would not_have occurred.

What...

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FWIW, Like the 737-236A, bus drivers and hazardous/flammable substance drivers have special, type-specific procedures for rail crossings. Amazingly black and white procedures, too....

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Ok. Regan is responsible (yes, we cannot dismiss the truck driver as the primary cause).

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I guess not, because the three dead passengers, 150 injuries, lawsuits and especially the $4 million in repairs are no big deal. Leave the crossing as-is: Crossbucks only. Lights and gates are expensive, and then you have to maintain them, such a pain....

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So, the PASSENGER train should continue to operate 90 MPH across a county-level road with sub-optimal visibility and crossbucks only?

Better regulation screening and recurrent training is in order for dump truck drivers!

And fire Boeing executives! (Just a razz, for Bobby’s sake).

With regard to several of your points, it’s not THAT hard to get hit by a train, given how often we seem to do it (often including Amtrak trains)....

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No....

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We had a dump truck-train crash that is stirring a good bit of debate on the subject of safety and responsibility. Below are “bullet points” of interesting, sometimes-conflicting statements regarding responsibilities. (See wiki link below)

-This crash occurred on a no-lights, no-gates county gravel road. The road isn’t busy, but neither is it “dead/abandoned”.

-The dump truck driver probably did a poor job looking. The tracks were somewhat tree-lined; however, they met visibility standards.

-All indications were that the train was properly lighted and blowing it’s horn according to TCOM, QRH, Memory checklist procedures.

-Counter argument, most trains aren’t going 90 MPH.

-Train car collisions happen every day- it seems rather predictable that 90 MPH trains and an un-gated crossing on a somewhat busy road is a formula for a crash.

-Of fascinating prophetic value is a nearby resident made a comment that his crossing...