Off Topic Thread too point uh

durkadurka · 25-03-2015 11:01pm

Stick it to em Buer .

Appalling behaviour. They've learned nothing

Dave_The_Sheep · 25-03-2015 11:08pm

durkadurka wrote: »

Stick it to em Buer .

Appalling behaviour. They've learned nothing

Sure they have. They've learned they can get away with whatever they want and we'll bail them out.

mfceiling · 25-03-2015 11:13pm

https://twitter.com/SecondCaptains/status/580853871947419649 :pac:

Dave_The_Sheep · 25-03-2015 11:13pm

I was just thinking that myself watching him.

LeinsterDub · 25-03-2015 11:25pm

Interesting he says they when referring to Bath instead of us.

Buer · 26-03-2015 9:29am

Wang King wrote: »

**** of Ireland I'd say

I can neither confirm nor deny that allusion.

CatFromHue · 26-03-2015 1:19pm

Shiiiiiiiiite

Investigators into the German plane crash the other day are now looking into the background of the co-pilot as they think he crashed it on purpose after locking the Captain out of the cabin!

26-03-2015 1:26pm

Terrifying really.

Synode · 26-03-2015 1:30pm

This, MH370, EgyptAir 990 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990), Mozambican Airlines flight TM470 (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25482083). This appears to be happening a lot.

Time to ensure there's always at least two pilots in the cockpit

.ak · 26-03-2015 1:31pm

Honestly as weird as it sounds it's the first thing I thought when I saw the flight course and how long it took to crash. A decom wouldn't allow the flight to go down in such a uniform manner, and any deaths of pilots wouldn't cause it either as the autopilot would have it going for a lot longer before anything like that happened. I thought either someone broke in and threw it into a nose dive or a pilot did it. So sad that it turned out to be true, something about it makes you feel ill.

.ak · 26-03-2015 1:32pm

Synode wrote: »

This, MH370, EgyptAir 990 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990), Mozambican Airlines flight TM470 (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25482083). This appears to be happening a lot.

Time to ensure there's always at least two pilots in the cockpit

It wouldn't actually prevent it if the other person really wanted to do it...

Podge_irl · 26-03-2015 1:42pm

.ak wrote: »

It wouldn't actually prevent it if the other person really wanted to do it...

Well it depends. There could certainly be a struggle and that could end up either way. You can't nosedive a plane, there is a reason it took so long to crash (if that's what indeed happened).

Fairly terrifying though.

Synode · 26-03-2015 1:42pm

.ak wrote: »

It wouldn't actually prevent it if the other person really wanted to do it...

True, but it makes it more difficult. It's far too easy for a suicidal pilot at the moment with them being able to lock the door from the inside

26-03-2015 1:51pm

Imagining the idea of seeing your flight's captain banging on the door of the cabin trying to get in, while probably growing more and more agitated and irate for an entire 8 minutes is difficult.

Podge_irl · 26-03-2015 1:57pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Imagining the idea of seeing your flight's captain banging on the door of the cabin trying to get in, while probably growing more and more agitated and irate for an entire 8 minutes is difficult.

I really don't want to try.

Unfortunately the entire point of cockpit doors these days is to stop people getting in

26-03-2015 1:59pm

Am I crazy to be slightly relieved by this? It was down to a human rather than mechanical error.

Pudsy33 · 26-03-2015 2:02pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Am I crazy to be slightly relieved by this? It was down to a human rather than mechanical error.

Not sure why that's any better. If the pilot decides you're going down that's it really. At least if there's a mechanical error the pilot can still do his best.

molloyjh · 26-03-2015 2:02pm

Podge_irl wrote: »

I really don't want to try.

Unfortunately the entire point of cockpit doors these days is to stop people getting in

Then it needs to be revisited to ensure there is a fail-safe in this eventuality. I don't know what, but there needs to be something.

26-03-2015 2:06pm

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Not sure why that's any better. If the pilot decides you're going down that's it really. At least if there's a mechanical error the pilot can still do his best.

My first reaction was that its scary that faulty planes are out there that can suddenly lose cabin pressure. Now I know that's not the case (well in this case). I am ever so slightly relieved by that. Anyway I don't think its worth getting in a discussion over which is worse

errlloyd · 26-03-2015 2:09pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Am I crazy to be slightly relieved by this? It was down to a human rather than mechanical error.

As far as I'm concerned it is a flaw in the aircraft. I can't believe the door was lockable in such a way that none of the flight crew could get in. This pilot being suicidal is tragic, absolutely tragic, but it is predictable that some pilots will be.

All too often we here of murder suicides where husbands (and it is usually men) kill their wives and children before killing themselves. This is kind of similar. I am not angry at him, I won't be unless political motives are unveiled, I am just really really sad.

Podge_irl · 26-03-2015 2:12pm

errlloyd wrote: »

I can't believe the door was lockable in such a way that none of the flight crew could get in.

Well sure it's supposed to be a fail-safe to stop a lunatic crew member I guess...

stephen_n · 26-03-2015 2:16pm

errlloyd wrote: »

As far as I'm concerned it is a flaw in the aircraft. I can't believe the door was lockable in such a way that none of the flight crew could get in.

9/11 security protocols

You'd have to wonder how someone in that state of mind can be in a cockpit in the first place. It's hard to imagine a human being who is outwardly functioning normally being able to murder 149 people.

Synode · 26-03-2015 2:18pm

errlloyd wrote: »

I am not angry at him, I won't be unless political motives are unveiled, I am just really really sad.

You're not angry with a man who murdered 150 people? As well as leaving his own family with an absolute shít storm

26-03-2015 2:23pm

What if the other pilot hadn't needed a piss?

As usual with aircraft accidents, a lot of circumstances have to happen in an absolutely particular way for a problem to occur

stephen_n · 26-03-2015 2:26pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What if the other pilot hadn't needed a piss?

As usual with aircraft accidents, a lot of circumstances have to happen in an absolutely particular way for a problem to occur

If he hadn't then he probably would on the next flight or the flight after that, if the co-pilot was intent on doing this, then it would have happened sooner or later. Hard to fathom the mindset of someone who could do this though.

Zzippy · 26-03-2015 2:26pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What if the other pilot hadn't needed a piss?

As usual with aircraft accidents, a lot of circumstances have to happen in an absolutely particular way for a problem to occur

Not an accident. This was mass murder.

awec · 26-03-2015 2:46pm

Just bought myself a new 50" Smart 3D TV.

Zzippy · 26-03-2015 2:56pm

awec wrote: »

Just bought myself a new 50" Smart 3D TV.

What did you go for, and how much? Will be in the market for one soon... bloody thing will probably be smarter than me though!

awec · 26-03-2015 2:59pm

Zzippy wrote: »

What did you go for, and how much? Will be in the market for one soon... bloody thing will probably be smarter than me though!

Got this:

https://euro.richersounds.ie/p-200553-viera-tx50as650b.aspx

The 1200Hz refresh is good for xbox. I'm sure there are cheaper 50 inch models out there but this series had really good reviews.

Podge_irl · 26-03-2015 3:01pm

Are 3D TVs not kind of stupid?

Off Topic Thread too point uh

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