Huge pet peeve is crew’s leaving the sign on when it’s smooth. I’ve been flying around Asia a lot lately and have noticed the sign is usually off from 10k in clb to 10k in descent… unless it’s too bumpy for even the FA’s in which case everyone needs to be seated.
I agree that having it on all the time is a bad thing and people won’t pay attention to it but it’s also an insurance switch. If the sign is off and people get hurt, I’m liable. If the sign is on and people get hurt, well… in an industry that will ALWAYS throw pilots under the bus as a first course of action I’ll take the extra insurance if I think there is a chance of unexpected turbulence. I’m not saying I keep it on all the time but I certainly error on the side of caution.
A myopic world view on all topics near and far backed up by the lack of struggle and Daily Mail pics. What could go wrong?Like I said for DM, I’m there for the pics and videos.
This is a cop out. Do pilot things to figure out where you can expect it to be bumpy and turn the sign on then. If it starts to get bumpy unexpectedly, turn it on then too.
You’re liable regardless of the position switch. If you leave it on for the whole flight and 3 hours into it grandma can’t hold it anymore while you’re flying around some weather, when she gets hurt and sues you she’s going to win because you were so worried about the liability you forgot to take care of your passengers by turning off the sign when it was appropriate to do so. Also, I don’t believe there are any cases that back the “liability” issue regarding this—if there are I’d be genuinely interested in seeing them.
Let he without sin cast the first Tesla.
Tesla S? Couldn’t pay me to take that off your hands. Now the Mercedes S Class, now we talkin
Hold on. You spent the last few posts telling us that you can’t prove that global warming caused an incident.Sorry dude - the planet is going to continue to get warmer. And no matter how green you go, there are 3 billion+ people in India, Africa, and 3rd world Asian countries that are going to continue to pollute the skies with the nastiest gases, diesel, fossil fuels, all the nasties - and continue warming the planet. The planet will get warmer - you may be able to ever so slowly reduce that progression towards warmth, but it's gonna happen. The number of 2nd and 3rd would countries and their poor infrastructure, poor people, poor economy, far outweigh the number of first world countries like the United States that are trying to do "something" about warming.
There is one quick solution. It's well known that human beings are the most invasive and destructive species on this planet, for this planet. The natural selection of any such problem is a natural re-balance, almost always in the form of a culling. I distinctly seem to recall the planet unleashing a virus (a self defense mechanism) in order to cull the human herd. But we said no, we have to save lives. Earth gave you a natural solution, you just didn't like it. So here we are. As long as humans exist and continue to multiply, the planet will get warmer. And no amounts of Tesla driving or clean living in the United States is going to change that outcome for the other 3 billion+ people in India, Africa, and Asia. Having a 1/3 of the human population wiped would undoubtedly put a serious dent in global warming. Would you like to volunteer?
