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Offline CAP1

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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #30 on: March 08, 2012, 03:52:07 PM »
Talked down by....
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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #31 on: March 08, 2012, 04:53:40 PM »
Bah, the only negative about my post was your inability to see that it was funny.  Don't bring your feelings from other threads in this one.  Follow your advice and maybe you will see the joke in my post.  Go kick a homeless person to make yourself feel better now  :lol

I've found most every post funny so far..... get a bigger hook.  :neener:

As for the homeless person... chances are he just doesn't want to work. He may want to be president of some corporation but was not wanting to start at the bottom. :D

Case in point.... guy under a bridge holding a sign, "will work for food". Several folks drive by and give him money for food. They do not want to hire him for anything as he is a stranger out on the street (security). I go by and tell him if he comes to my shop I'll give him a job where he can earn some money. My shop is just down the road within a couple of miles. He never shows up. This has happened on several occassions. Some folks consider this freedom. They have no bills and are free to go and do as they please. So which is this one your refering to?
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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #32 on: March 08, 2012, 04:54:44 PM »
There have been airliners flying now for many years with the capability to land automatically, it is a mandatory feature to be able to fly CAT 3 ILS approaches.

They can even do it in O minimum, O RVR conditions (classified as a CAT 3C ) problem with that is that you would then have an aircraft on the ground that can't see anywhere to taxi so they would have to tow them in very slowly, so AFAIK there are no airports yet that support CAT 3c, at least not until they get some kind of auto-taxi-to-the-gate as well.


And to get back on topic...

I'd want this guy
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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #33 on: March 08, 2012, 05:11:32 PM »
I've found most every post funny so far..... get a bigger hook.  :neener:

As for the homeless person... chances are he just doesn't want to work. He may want to be president of some corporation but was not wanting to start at the bottom. :D

Case in point.... guy under a bridge holding a sign, "will work for food". Several folks drive by and give him money for food. They do not want to hire him for anything as he is a stranger out on the street (security). I go by and tell him if he comes to my shop I'll give him a job where he can earn some money. My shop is just down the road within a couple of miles. He never shows up. This has happened on several occassions. Some folks consider this freedom. They have no bills and are free to go and do as they please. So which is this one your refering to?

Chances are that he's mentally ill and comes from somewhere that doesn't recognize it, or has become addicted to drugs (he shouldn't have used them, true, but if he's truly addicted then he can no longer control it and needs help).  Depression due to living on the street doesn't help things- sure, there are homeless people who lack motivation, but I'd guess that living out there doesn't help your energy.  Don't forget PTSD veterans, either.  Surprisingly, most mental diseases are treatable; therapists really work wonders (they did on me, at least).  It's unreasonable to expect a homeless person to treat themselves for stuff like that at all.  Don't forget all the physiological conditions that develop from not going to the doctor, too- the list goes on and on.

Now, that said, saying "go kick a homeless person" is just hurtful and dedalos shouldn't have posted it.  It's plain old mean.

The homeless guys may have been mentally ill and aware that they couldn't help you, or not aware of it and spent their entire afternoon searching in vain.  Walk them to the bus stop, get on the bus with them, and then take the bus to your shop.  Check them out and see if they can work; if not, see if they have shelter and if they don't, take them to a homeless shelther.  It'll rule out laziness if they do end up working for you.  Remember that homeless people may have lost the will to live or to work by being out on the street for so long, and they lack anywhere to put their wages, so they need to be "wound up" before results come out.  If you really care, you'll give it your best shot.

EDIT: I would choose the AH2 player for the pilot, the MSFS guy for the copilot and navigator, and the IL2 player for the engineer.  You get the best of all worlds.

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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #34 on: March 08, 2012, 05:22:21 PM »
I nominate Golfer or Eagl.  

I wouldn't let Ded anywhere NEAR the controls because he'd do a bunch of unnecessary wild maneuvers just so he could listen to people puke. :D

Edit: I the extremely unlikely scenario I was on a commercial flight where the crew became incapacitated and there was nobody on the plane that was qualified or willing to try I'd give it a shot.  I'd rather die trying than not.
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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #35 on: March 08, 2012, 05:54:14 PM »
Eagl or Golfer? What about me? I could kill a plane load of innocent passengers just as easily at those guys!

Really though, we need Rock Hudson and don't call me Shirley!

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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #36 on: March 08, 2012, 07:58:14 PM »
Golfer or Eagl would get us down safely. 

Ded?  MAYYYYYBEEEEEEE

You... you'd try doing barrel rolls in the silly thing  :lol
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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #37 on: March 08, 2012, 10:49:50 PM »
My airliner didn't have an autoland feature and I know with some certainty that I probably didn't kill anyone. Maybe.

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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #38 on: March 08, 2012, 11:12:48 PM »
If the landing gear won't come down I'm your guy.
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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #39 on: March 08, 2012, 11:48:21 PM »
Silats gear is down, but he still thinks your his guy.

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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #40 on: March 09, 2012, 04:26:15 AM »
How would that be accomplished otherwise?

By landing it manually?
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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #41 on: March 09, 2012, 04:32:33 AM »
If the landing gear won't come down I'm your guy.

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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #42 on: March 09, 2012, 05:25:08 AM »
lol, no they don;t.  The spitfire flight model and engine management have nothing to do with a 747.  I would however select the AH BBS poster to land me since AH people seem to be experts in everything from global economics to brain surgery, so they could probably fly a 747 no problem.
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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #43 on: March 09, 2012, 07:31:09 AM »
Auto land features have been around since the 60s or 70s. I remember reading an article a commercial airline pilot wrote some time back, describing what it was like to use it back in its infancy. Wish I knew where I had seen the article, it was pretty intense to read.
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Re: Pilot and Co-Pilot are incompacitated....
« Reply #44 on: March 09, 2012, 08:56:32 AM »
Most of you cheeseheads have never landed in game or real life anyway.