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Amateur airline pilot.

Brooklyn, NY
Joined July 2013
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One year and four months after sending this to South Africa, my package was returned. The @PostofficeSa couldn’t be bothered to deliver it.
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Non-aviation, non-professional here to tell you all what’s really going on. And while I can’t prove it, you can’t disprove it either, therefore it really is happening. The should-be bio for #chemtrail believers.
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The whole issue revolves around someone in DC insisting that all 121 airplanes must comply with 121.317(a). However they overlook that these United airplanes comply with 121.317(c), and were certified in compliance with 25.791(a), which allows placards.
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On top of it all, 121.317(a) was rendered obsolete with Part 252, which has prohibited smoking on all 121 flights since 2001. This argument is only valid for Part 125 operators.
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This illustrates why I’m flying @MAS and not Air Asia. Had I booked the morning flight on Air Asia and the afternoon connection to Thailand, my afternoon flight would have been lost and it would have been on me to make it right.
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The Kuala Lumpur Monorail at the start of my transit adventure. @AirlineFlyer would love this view.
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Kuala Lumpur to Gemas on the new KTM trains. In Gemas, there was a change to diesel as south of Gemas isn’t ready yet.
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Spent the day in Segamat and then took the overnight train to Tumpas. Old colonial era line. Very slow and very scenic.
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When flight attendants are given the training, and the airline gives them authority to evacuate when the situation seems dire, this is what you get. Success. An aircraft quickly and safely evacuated.
This is what Flight Attendants are trained and certified to do. So proud of the heroes of this JAL crew. Japan jet crash: How crew pulled off flawless evacuation from plane inferno | @BBC bbc.com/news/world-asia-6787…
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The DC-9 is the Cher of aviation. It keeps reinventing itself and still has a loyal following.
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Is this how we treat the only Jew-ish sports star in Congress?
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Good morning Denmark
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This morning, I had booked a flight on @AirCanada out of LaGuardia to Halifax connecting in Toronto. It was booked through @united , and because of that we unfortunately were not notified of the delay and we would miss our connection. However….
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Air Canada tried in vain to find other airlines and inter-agreements to make things worked out. Unfortunately everything was full. The solution was putting us on a cab, at $250 cost paid by them, to Newark. The flight there got us to Toronto with enough time to connect.
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A big factor for me in the quality of a carrier is how well it does went things do go wrong, and how well they fix them. @AirCanada , @cathaypacific , @MAS have all been superb in this regard.
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The AirTrain at @EWRairport is problematic so @PANYNJ is running this bus between the parking garage and the train station and NOT the terminals. This is terrible service.
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I’m happy the military was treating the atmosphere with #chemtrails before shooting down the balloon.
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I ordered some Taiwanese tea. Good lord I didn’t realize it came with an elaborate ceremony. I’m just a simple gay that wanted a black tea.
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This is probably the best thread out there on single-pilot 121 operations. I will add to this.
Single Pilot Ops thread 🧵 Several have asked for my .02 so here it is. I’m no human factors expert, just a guy with 21K hours in the cockpit and a bunch of type ratings. These days I’m also strictly a Part 91 FERRY PILOT so take it for what it’s worth (which is very little).⬇️
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“If” and “never” are not justifiable answers to the question of single pilot operations. “When” is a debatable question, and I agree with Steve’s assessment.
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And this assessment is valid for any safety related profession. Example, would you have an appendectomy done by a robot? What if that robot was not only cheaper, but safer - fewer deaths on the operating table?