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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 17, 2019 2:42:12 GMT -5
My mother believes death from a plane crash is the best way to die -- painless and instantaneous. I'm not sure if that's true. I mean, there's the lengthy feelings of intense horror that has GOT to be worse than death. And if the plane breaks open and you're catapulted out into the air, you're alive but free falling and that has got to be sheer terror! Anyway, she says that when she's ready to die, she's booking a bunch of flights with the least reliable airline companies. This reminds me of the TV show Lost where the character Jack, in his suicidal days, kept booking flights hoping he would die from a plane crash.
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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 17, 2019 2:46:47 GMT -5
Ever see the movie Fearless? Fantastic movie. The main character survives a plane crash, then starts acting like he's immortal (ie. fearless). His behavior has profound effects (both good and bad) on himself and those around him.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 18, 2019 19:31:39 GMT -5
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Post by hammer on Mar 18, 2019 19:42:19 GMT -5
Ever see the movie Fearless? Fantastic movie. The main character survives a plane crash, then starts acting like he's immortal (ie. fearless). His behavior has profound effects (both good and bad) on himself and those around him. Which reminds me of an old Jerry Lewis movie ...
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 20, 2019 21:00:57 GMT -5
CNN is confirming the US Justice Department has issued multiple subpoenas into the FAA certification of the 737 MAX. Questions have been raised about why the MCAS would rely only on one AOA sensor (an airliner like the 737 usually have two), when it would be more prudent to use data from both sensors (in case one fails). Although that in itself is not a crimimal matter. So not sure what criminal legal issues Boeing and FAA are suspected of breaching, but I am assuming the DOJ must be suspecting some possible nefarious dealings between the FAA and Boeing: edition.cnn.com/2019/03/20/business/boeing-justice-department-subpoenas/index.html
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Post by Mocha on Mar 21, 2019 11:31:04 GMT -5
Some safety features on 737 are optional, that's like paying more for seatbelts in your car.
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Post by XAsstCoach on Mar 22, 2019 4:43:02 GMT -5
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Post by XAsstCoach on Mar 22, 2019 4:44:47 GMT -5
Some safety features on 737 are optional, that's like paying more for seatbelts in your car. When I read this, my mouth dropped.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 22, 2019 8:52:40 GMT -5
Boeing's PR statement really isn't cutting it too I might add. Their CEO statement essentially saying "safety is our priority" is kinda..I don't know, not of much help, since it is common sense that safety SHOULD be the priorty for a manufacturing industrial powerhouse like Boeing. I suppose keeping a relative silence hasn't been working for Boeing either, so they need to say something, but their PR people really needs to do a better job here I think.
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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 22, 2019 9:39:06 GMT -5
I suppose keeping a relative silence hasn't been working for Boeing either, so they need to say something, but their PR people really needs to do a better job here I think. They really can't say much of anything. It's a difficult position to be in, but the only way they are allowed to participate in the accident investigations is if they say nothing about them until the final reports are made.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 22, 2019 9:53:53 GMT -5
I suppose keeping a relative silence hasn't been working for Boeing either, so they need to say something, but their PR people really needs to do a better job here I think. They really can't say much of anything. It's a difficult position to be in, but the only way they are allowed to participate in the accident investigations is if they say nothing about them until the final reports are made. I don't know, I don't entirely buy that. Just because they can't comment on the details of the investigation does not mean they can't do a better PR job. They are Boeing, one of the largest industrial company in the US. They have the resources and know-how to do a better job here I think.
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Post by ironhammer on Apr 4, 2019 12:59:01 GMT -5
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 4, 2019 18:02:48 GMT -5
Ever see the movie Fearless? Fantastic movie. The main character survives a plane crash, then starts acting like he's immortal (ie. fearless). His behavior has profound effects (both good and bad) on himself and those around him. Great movie. Saw it on DVD in 1998-ish. I loved the scene where the Jeff Bridges character tries to help the Rosie Perez character by simulating the plane crash with a car as she held on to her baby (actually a doll or a box, wrapped up in a blanket). If my memory is correct, they drove full speed and purposely crashed into a pole as the baby slipped through Perez's grasp and through the windshield. Powerful moment.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 4, 2019 18:14:17 GMT -5
Ever see the movie Fearless? Fantastic movie. The main character survives a plane crash, then starts acting like he's immortal (ie. fearless). His behavior has profound effects (both good and bad) on himself and those around him. Great movie. Saw it on DVD in 1998-ish. I loved the scene where the Jeff Bridges character tries to help the Rosie Perez character by simulating the plane crash with a car as she held on to her baby (actually a doll or a box, wrapped up in a blanket). If my memory is correct, they drove full speed and purposely crashed into a pole as the baby slipped through Perez's grasp and through the windshield. Powerful moment. A wall. Yes, that helped Rosie Perez's character. But it also made her (and the viewer) understand that Jeff Bridge's character was massively f*cked up by the crash himself, even though he denied it.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 4, 2019 18:16:35 GMT -5
Great movie. Saw it on DVD in 1998-ish. I loved the scene where the Jeff Bridges character tries to help the Rosie Perez character by simulating the plane crash with a car as she held on to her baby (actually a doll or a box, wrapped up in a blanket). If my memory is correct, they drove full speed and purposely crashed into a pole as the baby slipped through Perez's grasp and through the windshield. Powerful moment. A wall. Yes, that helped Rosie Perez's character. But it also made her (and the viewer) understand that Jeff Bridge's character was massively f*cked up by the crash himself, even though he denied it. We knew the Bridges' character was f****d up long before that scene.
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