Hilarious Lego Airline satire video

z987k said:
There's actually a really good study that was done on speed limits in Canada that I cannot find for the life of me right now (I think @NickH might have it). But here's something I found that I think is pulling it's rational from that study and gives you a good overview.
http://onlinemanuals.txdot.gov/txdotmanuals/szn/determining_the_85th_percentile_speed.htm
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I agree with this actually, and don't think highway speeds are high enough - still, I'm trying to point out the cognitive dissonance - again I'm not one to talk, I've been good for the last 4 years or so, but I've gotten speeding tickets for hauling ass (you can totally say ass on here) on the highway - but in residential areas? Drive slow! There are kids out playing.
 
z987k said:
There's actually a really good study that was done on speed limits in Canada that I cannot find for the life of me right now (I think @NickH might have it). But here's something I found that I think is pulling it's rational from that study and gives you a good overview.
http://onlinemanuals.txdot.gov/txdotmanuals/szn/determining_the_85th_percentile_speed.htm
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I think you might be looking for this:

http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=471191

Study shows drivers generally drive at speeds they determine to be safe based on their own judgement, regardless of speed limits. Generally, higher limits are safer.
 
ppragman said:
This is a really bad idea actually, not saying I'm perfect...but yeah. By this logic I could say, "I fly to what I consider safe minimums, when I break out I have rarely looked at the altimeter so I couldn't tell you how low I actually was."
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Yeah, flying is the same thing as driving. :sarcasm:
 
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Derg said:
I haven't been captain that long, but so far 100% of the FOs that generally refuse to wear the hat when required or put on their black Northface jacket instead of the uniform coat have had to have "the chat" about attitude, showing up to the van on time or "you can be captain, you can have weekends off, but if you require them concurrently, your beef isn't with me".

I figure just look sharp the way they want you to so we can really worry important crap.
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Some people understand this by age 5, some people by 25, 35, 45, ... and then some people never understand it.
 
A perfect uniform at a freight company screams "I'm gonna start briefing in the lobby."

Depends on the culture, but it really has very little bearing away from the passenger eye. I don't wear a North Face on passenger flights (I agree about looking professional around passengers), but in the freight sort? Most of us are pretty relaxed, and we do a perfectly professional job.
 
Eh, I can keep a white shirt completely pristine for an entire 5 day week. Full sweat mode for 4 of those days. (It was 108 on the ramp in Aruba the other day). One of those days is in the 120, no sweating at all because working APU. :) Anyone flying an ATR, flying out of SA, and/or every other operator in the Caribbean is doing the same. No reason to look like you just slid out of larger animals butthole, ever. Mountain Air wears bars, ties, and pristine uniforms down here as well. IFL doesn't wear ties, but they also wear/can keep a pristine white uniform with bars. :) The uniform is only one of MANY small things. THAT kind of small thing isn't hard to do, if it is, Jesus... I don't want you flying a cub. :)

Is "attention to detail", a basic requirement of every aviation job I can think of, less ridiculous than "sweating the small things"? It's the same thing. Don't act like it isn't.

Without the minor trolling and throwing titles around for lols, I'll just have to agree to disagree with the disagreements. We're clearly not seeing the same things in our respective positions. Perhaps it only applies to low time guys, or maybe my own company, or maybe just the two bases my company has in PR, but there is still a strong correlation that is present. It may not be absolute, but it is strong. The one thing I am actually serious about is this; until someone not minding the small things has a problem or causes my 97-100% on-time performance (the best in the company) to decline, I respectively disagree. Sorry... :)

Again, out of BQN, we use the passenger terminals. I mean, some, maybe most, don't care what people think of them (time, place, ect...), but do you really feel good about yourself when the guys cleaning the toilets or the guy on the ramp in Aruba ALL day looks more professional than you do? Cool if you do I guess, but I wouldn't be surprised AT ALL when you have your first incident. Happens EVERY, SINGLE, TIME. Every single person I'm personally aware of that's had an incident at AMF looked like crap at work and/or was known to fly against the small things in the GOM/SOP. ALL of them.
 
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