tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.comments2023-12-09T00:49:20.257-05:00WWVB : What Would Vannevar Blog?Vannevarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comBlogger870125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-82028559028351027712023-02-14T11:28:04.875-05:002023-02-14T11:28:04.875-05:00I appreciate your related comment about policing a...I appreciate your related comment about policing as public safety, bad apples and all.<br />Both the two near-collisions on active runways, and the rolling disaster of police frequently shooting suspects (well over 1,000 fatal cop shootings per year in the US. No other nation has our numbers, or rate per population) are signs of systemic failure.<br />I think one of the reasons police shootings don't rise to the attention of plane crashes is scale. We tolerate 10s of thousands of auto-related deaths per year (including a rising, horrifying trend of people running over kids with their own massive SUVs because they can't see down past the enormous, high hood & grill) because the deaths look like a localized trickle. I see the WI programmable info signs that say "237 deaths so far. Slow down!" and it doesn't have the emotional impact of 237 people perishing in a moment in a fully packed airliner.<br />I'm not sure what it is in our nature - or in how we're normalized to accept it. But it impacts our muted response to police overuse of a gun as a first resort, too.RaflWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-91588060165499609952023-02-09T20:33:00.248-05:002023-02-09T20:33:00.248-05:00Oh, and the error: a dirty little secret in ATC ri...Oh, and the error: a dirty little secret in ATC right now is that they're terribly understaffed and tired at a lot of facilities.<br /><br />During the initial pandemic, to be blunt, they had it easy; flight schedules were slashed, and controllers at most facilities were working a super-cushy schedule designed to limit their mixing (and thus limit breakouts of the disease): 5 shifts in a row on, 10 shifts in a row off. <br /><br />If a crew had a breakout, then they'd shift things around, and sometimes controllers would wind up working 10 on and 5 off for a while, but mostly they did 5-on-10-off for quite a while.<br /><br />Then... traffic returned, but the issues around Covid exposure and cases continues. Plus the hiring pipeline was shut off for basically two years, and they were already behind as the wave of controllers hired in post-strike have all punched out (like me!)<br /><br />So now nearly everyone at my old facility is working 3-4 shifts of OT every month. <br /><br />Now, do we know this was a factor in Austin? Nope, not at all. But would it be surprising to learn? Nope, not at all.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083645933412368285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-20745309581611053132023-02-09T18:48:42.656-05:002023-02-09T18:48:42.656-05:00One thing about "a few bad apples" is th...One thing about "a few bad apples" is the rest of the statement: "...spoil the whole barrel"<br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083645933412368285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-24137658306051760172023-02-08T22:09:01.594-05:002023-02-08T22:09:01.594-05:00Reminds me of the near catastrophic miss at SFO in...Reminds me of the near catastrophic miss at SFO in 2017:<br />https://simpleflying.com/air-canada-flight-759/<br /><br />Very interested to see if GBAS for controlling both movement & coordinating landings become a thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-23277791412164702112023-02-08T20:53:11.233-05:002023-02-08T20:53:11.233-05:00"Couldn't be that the cop's victims a..."Couldn't be that the cop's victims and the passengers are from different socio-economic groups, could it?" I don't understand that statement at all. Lots of different socio-economic groups fly, if you have been on a flight anytime lately. Nevertheless, if you only watch mainstream media, you might be left with the impression that police killings of unarmed blacks is the only issue. In reality, police killings of unarmed people not committing a crime of any race is very, very tiny, only a handful in the past few years. Police killings of armed people most often happens during or after commission of a crime, and racially is in proportion to the criminal (jail) population. Whereas, hundreds of police of all races, but mostly white, died at the hands of criminals in the past few years. But, narrative. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-20877378523192477492023-02-08T12:15:25.560-05:002023-02-08T12:15:25.560-05:00Just a thought … I’d wager that there is no issue ...Just a thought … I’d wager that there is no issue in America that has been talked about more than police brutality, over the past 10 years. And we have seen vast improvements in that time.<br /><br />It is not that we tolerate it, but that it is a hard problem to solve. When we find out we have a bad ATC, they are gone. Same with cops, these days. And surely we can do more, but your words imply that we could just solve the problem by, what, caring more?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-41015583647999561932023-02-08T10:57:05.773-05:002023-02-08T10:57:05.773-05:00Gabriel, thank you for your well-informed and writ...Gabriel, thank you for your well-informed and written comment. To be brief: Yes, and Yes. <br /><br />First, the Tower at AUSTIN erred in putting the departure into the ILS Critical area, if that's what happened. Second, there's a technique (not a requirement) that some employ in low-viz conditions that only one airplane is ever cleared to use the runway. Clear the departure for takeoff, when they get airborne then you clear the arrival to land. To old school types, the runway clearance really means something, it's the controller's bond that the runway now belongs to the airplane, and issuing half-dozen landing clearances diminishes that value. <br /><br />Especially with a mix o arrivals and departures, having only one airplane cleared at a time is a great technique. Not a requirement. Thank you.Vannevarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-2607576359197674132023-02-08T10:12:34.613-05:002023-02-08T10:12:34.613-05:00Very good article. I would like you to comment on ...Very good article. I would like you to comment on 2 thins that I think are critical for this systemic issue:<br />1- The mistake was not only to clear the Southwest to take off with the FedEx on a tight 3-miles final, with little timing. That may have been very poor judgement. But I think that allowing a vehicle (including an airplane) into the ILS protected area in such low visibility conditions with a plane conducting a CAT-III ILS/AUTOLAND approach inside the Final Approach Fix is a black-and-white "thou shalt not do" thing<br />2- Questioning the practice of "in-advance" landing clearance, where a plane can be cleared to land on the expectation that the runway will be clear, even if ATC plans to clear several other folks to take off, land, or cross the runway before the cleared-to-land guy lands, is not even an afterthought in the USA. However, this practice is FORBIDEN in most of the world. In most of the world, an airplane can be cleared for the approach, and to continue the approach, but CANNOT be cleared to land until a) the runway is clear, b) nobody else is cleared to use the runway, c) nobody else will be cleared to use the runway until after the landing. The difference is that in the US style, it requires ATC to cancel the landing clearance and instruct a go-around if things don't go as planed, and that requires not only the tower not to make mistakes but also to be aware that things are not going as planned, which in low visibility conditions can be impossible. However, in the "rest-of-the-world" style, the plane is NEVER cleared to land until it is, and then the runway is theirs and only theirs. If they don't receive the clearance to land in time the pilots MUST go around because they are not cleared to land. In the Austin example, using the rest-of-the-world practice, even with the tower making the mistake of clearing the Southwest for take-off when they did, they could have not clear the FedEx to land until the tower saw in their radar screens (because they didn't have visual contact due to poor visibility) that the Southwest is airborne, and the FedEx, not being cleared to land, would have had to go around by standard operating procedure, not by exceptional situational awareness and brilliant judgement of the pilot as they did. In other words, with things as they are in the US, FedEx would have been perfectly legal to lad on top of Southwest. With the procedures used in te rest of the world, it would have not. And do you know why the US takes this additional risk? o you know what we get in exchange? What is the benefit in terms of costs and fluidity of air traffic? Well if you do let me know, because in may assessment there is none. In other word, it is a totally unnecessary risk to assume.<br />Another example of this risk was Delta 1086, and MD-80 that lost directional control on the roll out landing in La Guardia and went off the side of the runway. During the accident (where nobody resulted injured) the electronic equipment of the plane were damaged and the pilots could not advise the tower of what had happened. The tower could not see the runway due to low visibility. Another plane had already been cleared to land on the same runway (since before the Delta landed). By sheer luck, an airport vehicle was near the place where the accident and advised the tower. Only then the tower advised the other landing plane to go around. If it wasn't for the luck that the airport vehicle was there and had the presence of mind to advise the tower, the second plane would have landed with the Delta stuck next to the runway edge. However, with the procedures used in the rest of the world, the second landing plane could be cleared to continue the approach but could not be cleared to land until the Delta confirmed that they were clear of the runway. So even if the vehicle didn't see the accident and the tower didn't tell the second plane to go around, they would have still gone around.Gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024090937116369260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-77778931350277376672023-02-08T00:51:03.397-05:002023-02-08T00:51:03.397-05:00Reality is real. Keep boys out of women sports. Se...Reality is real. Keep boys out of women sports. Sex is not a social construct it's biological .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-42593762207112479372021-10-24T19:53:23.702-04:002021-10-24T19:53:23.702-04:00Yo, biology is science too. You know, chromosomes ...Yo, biology is science too. You know, chromosomes and reproductive organs and so forth.Flexible Flyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061159579653160678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-71982246363846835052021-09-10T06:01:28.937-04:002021-09-10T06:01:28.937-04:00He does look like his father, Marty Feldman!He does look like his father, Marty Feldman!Judy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00039114135247433215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-18608800053295774402021-07-14T02:08:38.173-04:002021-07-14T02:08:38.173-04:00Very good article thnx for sharing energetic infor...Very good article thnx for sharing energetic information. I really appreciate <br />u.U work more to promote the website. keep it, blog Upload on regularly.<br /> I read the blog on a daily basis.<br /><br /> <a href="https://fukatsoft.com/b/progressive-car-insurance-quote/" rel="nofollow">progressive car insurance quote</a><br /><br /> khadim hussainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371516111384365730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-71139166152281026392020-09-22T16:09:29.603-04:002020-09-22T16:09:29.603-04:00Well, I see you have finally stopped spewing this ...Well, I see you have finally stopped spewing this Leftist bullshit.Flexible Flyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061159579653160678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-1827483221874309272020-07-27T12:08:23.890-04:002020-07-27T12:08:23.890-04:00To the best of my knowledge, and I've tried se...To the best of my knowledge, and I've tried searching this out several different ways, the term Overcome By Events (OBE) doesn't show up anywhere prior to 1986 or earlier. I would love to be corrected or set straight, possibly having heard it in passing during my 13 years of active duty in the Coast Guard prior to that point in time. But, to the best of my knowledge I myself coined that phrase while stationed at Coast Guard Headquarters in the Office of Personnel and Training some time between 1986 and 1988. Again, if it existed before then, great but I have yet to find reference to that acronym anywhere earlier than the period I've referenced.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01656933287774549502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-66575043953739183862019-08-18T10:58:12.511-04:002019-08-18T10:58:12.511-04:00So sad.
Agreed, it sounds like it was a mistake to...So sad.<br />Agreed, it sounds like it was a mistake to tell your dad. But admirable and right that you refused to recant your story. Considering your father’s advice to “suffer in silence”, is there a chance that he was abused as a child?<br />About this priest, have you seen his name in news reports about priestly abuse? If others haven’t named him, would it make sense for you to do so? Even though he’s dead, it could be cathartic to know that history has recorded his sins.Paul Heckbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-73295530239921774062019-08-15T22:44:15.171-04:002019-08-15T22:44:15.171-04:00"Legacy Pittsburgh makes a bigger deal about ..."Legacy Pittsburgh makes a bigger deal about a killed Police Dog than a dead black Pittsburgher."<br /><br />Correction: "K9 Officer", please!<br /><br />I agree that we need to understand the community and attitudes that created Bowers, and recognize that the Pittsburgh area is in some respects both perpetrator and victim in the Tree of Life incident.<br /><br />But I think it's oversimplifying to categorize neighborhoods as either First Pittsburgh or Lesser Pittsburgh, and to equate unprivileged with racist. Sure, Homewood has some poverty, but are its residents racist? Your map stops at the Pittsburgh city line, but Bowers I think lived much of his life south of the city proper, in the South Hills. There are many in Pittsburgh's metros suburbs that are privileged but racist. Here's a map that's a good starting point for where the racists live, a map of the 2016 Trump/Clinton vote: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html#9.80/40.444/-79.986Paul Heckbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-13141917810050137062019-06-29T07:39:20.165-04:002019-06-29T07:39:20.165-04:00As a gastroenterologist, when I put my patients on...As a gastroenterologist, when I put my patients on a low carb high fat diet (no grains, no potatoes, no sweets) with an emphasis on healthy fats (eggs, avocado, olives, cheese, oily fish, grass fed beef, etc.) to control their GI symptoms, they suddenly need less diabetes medication. I wish more PCP's and endocrinologists took this approach. <a href="https://www.lemeilleurschoix.com/destructeur-diabete/" rel="nofollow">destructeur de diabete</a><br />LeMeilleursChoixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14496333171763521401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-12288650682075141852018-12-19T21:25:34.207-05:002018-12-19T21:25:34.207-05:00Just reporting, the Dirty Dozen organizers got tir...Just reporting, the Dirty Dozen organizers got tired of 911 calls called on the rider on the road and confrontations between volunteers and the police (as well as the public). So this year (2018), they reorganized the event into small groups obeying traffic laws so there were no ad hoc or illegal street closures. Also just reporting, there was a perhaps a 5 year period in which the DD period when the DD was in the 'awkward' stage (taking the 5th amendment here for all volunteers) stage when all participants couldn't get through a single traffic light cycle, and interactions with citizens and police escalated. I don't dispute your premise, but confrontations with the Station 5 police over the unlicensed use of the oval parking lot in 2017 still was enough to convince the organizers to never try that again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689028954512373853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-19935763983183771102018-10-18T02:46:29.655-04:002018-10-18T02:46:29.655-04:00I can't believe that 3D printers have been on ...I can't believe that 3D printers have been on the market for more than a decade. Eight years ago, 3D printers cost tens of thousands of dollars. Today, they can be purchased for just a few hundred dollars.Alannah Molesworthhttps://www.tomtop.com/search/3d-printer.html?sort=popularnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-4747033469317388262018-08-28T14:44:43.260-04:002018-08-28T14:44:43.260-04:00VB, I read this over the weekend and I haven't...VB, I read this over the weekend and I haven't been able to stop thinking of YOU ever since. My anger at what happened to you, how your father abandoned you, how you had to suffer in silence and then feel survivors' guilt on top of it all,, I can't begin to express my thoughts. I know you to be kind, funny and compassionate toward everyone you come in contact with. I don't know how such a good person could come out from under such a dark beginning, but you have. Know that you are loved and this revelation doesn't change that. <br />M Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-5266480027797050992018-08-23T21:14:08.638-04:002018-08-23T21:14:08.638-04:00Vann, I had forgotten about Zubic doing this. Than...Vann, I had forgotten about Zubic doing this. Thanks for reminding me. This man needs to be scooped up in a RICO investigation of this ongoing criminal enterprise of child abusers and their enablers.<br />JAOsgoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086874814865375947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-70061922963262180302016-08-22T19:21:55.378-04:002016-08-22T19:21:55.378-04:00Cool video AND ultra cool song!🎶🎶🎶😎🎶🎶🎶Cool video AND ultra cool song!🎶🎶🎶😎🎶🎶🎶Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398694069437454012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-86980419756480494372016-08-07T14:34:39.615-04:002016-08-07T14:34:39.615-04:00WWVB,
Last hired, first fired is still alive and ...WWVB,<br /><br />Last hired, first fired is still alive and well. <br /><br />AC2usnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-65521233570991332092016-06-14T22:02:48.607-04:002016-06-14T22:02:48.607-04:00Isn't the reason airplane accidents get so muc...Isn't the reason airplane accidents get so much ink is they can be spectacular for pictures and revolting descriptions? Not that many people are killed or injured in them (though that is small comfort if you are involved in one). <br /><br />So a nut ball with a semiautomatic long gun shoots and kills 49 people and the usual suspects go on a tear about banning "assault weapons", whatever they are, when that same day on average using 2014 data 61 occupants of motor vehicles would be killed in wrecks. Another 15 or so pedestrians and bicyclists get it to, though the bicyclists mostly deserve it. That doesn't make the 49 victims in Orlando any less dead or value them less as humans because I suspect every one of the 61 killed on the road last Sunday am were just as human and had just as much human worth. Where are their candles and ribbons and 24/7 coverage. There isn't any, much, maybe a cross or wreath along the roadside. Personal opinion these things should only be there if the emergency services or passers by wrapped the dead in their poncho and buried them where they fell. <br /><br />And Monday another 61 got it on the road, and today too. Where is the memorial service and national debate? Nowhere. But based on past form that is what will happen after Orlando. Hand wringing, yelling, newsprint and electrons deployed in wholesale quantities and in the end just what we got after Columbine, Sandy Hook, San Bernadino and everywhere else. <br /><br /> Iron Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582579281154856635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-64648579758618383962016-05-27T11:54:46.470-04:002016-05-27T11:54:46.470-04:00I remember learning about this at work. Projects w...I remember learning about this at work. Projects would get proposed, and some progress would be made, but eventually they would fall by the wayside. Whenever a followup was made, I'd sometimes hear "Oh yeah, that's now OBE."rickumalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15631129573462276625noreply@blogger.com