German Wings A320 crashed

Boris Badenov said:
I mean points for Opsec, but this stuff is all out there on the interwebz and has been for years.

Absent extremely strict compartmentalization, you can't make a Sekrit out of how to operate a door. Dogs and cats figure it out all the time, and they don't even have thumbs.
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Sheeeeeet, homie. Even I have opening doors figured out.
 
Derg said:
The throttles took some getting used to. However, I have noticed that I bring the E/WD and their symbologies into my visual flow. It takes some getting used to, of course, but after using it, I appreciate the philosophy because it keeps me engaged with the E/WD and the FMA. Primarily why, the best thing you can do when you're learning the Airbus design philosophy is making all FCU changes by looking at your PFD, cross checking what went into the FCU and following up thrust changes with the FMA and E/WD.

WARNING: NON PC ALERT STARTS NOW​

The "throttle" position and anything in the FCU is "The Kiosk at McDonalds drive-thru with the pretty pictures" and the PFD and E/WD is the final product. Or, as one instructor said while pointing at the FCU "This is the hot stripper you want" then pointed at the FMA and said, "this is what you're married to". "This is what you want" while pointing again at the FCU, "this is what you got" while pointing at the FMA.
NON PC ALERT OVER​

A design feature of the MD-88/90 which I didn't appreciate is my tendency to rely on throttle positioning to give me a cue what the engines were doing because, sometimes during level-off from a descent, the throttles would move forward one engine would spool up, the other would lag and my lazy-man's indication of something being awry is deflection of the yoke.

Having flown the Airbus product for over a year, on a fly by wire aircraft, it's probably a little "more honest" about what's going on without synthetic triggers like moving throttles and control inputs driven by servos to mimic the magic, invisible hand of "Otto" to give you the false impression that you're in a conventional cables, pulleys, fetzer valve airplane.

You have to know what the airplane is telling you, what you want it to do and what it can do in your particular flight phase. That applies to a Piper Tri-Pacer up to the 747-8.
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My favorite instructors told me it this way: "What's on the FGC is what's on your Christmas list, what's on the FMA is what's under the tree." More PC. Unless you're Jewish. Sorry @Gonzo
 
Derg said:
But it does, doesn't it.
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Just because something is fing retarded and needs to be fixed doesn't mean that I just shut up and color. No one pays me to do that. The illusion of it being safe does not make it so, even for those that can see up the magicians sleeve no matter how much they may want to stick their head in the sand.
Besides, what I posted above isn't even remotely a secret. Just like if someone wants to bring a gun into a SIDA all they have to do is get a job in airplane catering. If the TSA has a problem with that, perhaps they should fix the actual problem.
 
z987k said:
Just because something is fing retarded and needs to be fixed doesn't mean that I just shut up and color. No one pays me to do that. The illusion of it being safe does not make it so, even for those that can see up the magicians sleeve no matter how much they may want to stick their head in the sand.
Besides, what I posted above isn't even remotely a secret. Just like if someone wants to bring a gun into a SIDA all they have to do is get a job in airplane catering. If the TSA has a problem with that, perhaps they should fix the actual problem.
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Ok, here's the deal. Jetcareers can't fix it. I've never heard about it and the people that can make changes aren't going to scream "OMG! Some post on Jetcareers.com is bringing shame to the lack of security on our jet".

Wishful thinking.

But in the meantime, there might be some ne'erdowells that might use the information, tomorrow, and then we're all screwed.

You can come and go at will here at the website, but I live in this house and I am not going to serve as the clearing house.

The TSA doesn't care.

And airlines, considering history, aren't going to be "shamed" into anything.
 
Derg said:
Ok, here's the deal. Jetcareers can't fix it. I've never heard about it and the people that can make changes aren't going to scream "OMG! Some post on Jetcareers.com is bringing shame to the lack of security on our jet".

Wishful thinking.

But in the meantime, there might be some ne'erdowells that might use the information, tomorrow, and then we're all screwed.

You can come and go at will here at the website, but I live in this house and I am not going to serve as the clearing house.

The TSA doesn't care.

Decision is final.
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Oh Captain! My Captain! Rise up and hear the bells!
 
Derg said:
Welp, yup, I happen to own and bear responsibility for the website.

I prefer "Major Domo". ;)
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z987k said:
Just because something is fing retarded and needs to be fixed doesn't mean that I just shut up and color. No one pays me to do that. The illusion of it being safe does not make it so, even for those that can see up the magicians sleeve no matter how much they may want to stick their head in the sand.
Besides, what I posted above isn't even remotely a secret. Just like if someone wants to bring a gun into a SIDA all they have to do is get a job in airplane catering. If the TSA has a problem with that, perhaps they should fix the actual problem.
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"1 like = 1 prayer for change"

How I read your rambling. Make a difference the right way, file a complaint. Volunteer. Write your senator. If you want to be an activist, it requires activity.
 
bLizZuE said:
"1 like = 1 prayer for change"

How I read your rambling. Make a difference the right way, file a complaint. Volunteer. Write your senator. If you want to be an activist, it requires activity.
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Honestly, I just want to bitch. But sit there and tell me I'm giving up super top sekrits and I'll call the bull.
 
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