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Comment Re: that's what happens (Score 0) 89

Engine 1 failed and came off â" period. The MD-11 is basically a stretched, weight-reduced DC-10 with a glass cockpit and a few aerodynamic tweaks. McDonnell Douglas never truly fixed the DC-10â(TM)s pylon design; they just made it good enough to pass certification and moved on. Letâ(TM)s not forget who weâ(TM)re talking about here. McDonnell Douglas was the part of Boeing that dragged down the safety culture, not the other way around. Their management focus was production and cost, not robust engineering. The MD-11 didnâ(TM)t rack up a longer track record of failures only because its passenger career was short-lived â" most ended up hauling freight, flying fewer cycles, and avoiding the high-frequency stresses that expose design flaws. Now, what probably happened: the left engine mount or pylon failed from fatigue or maintenance-induced stress. Under normal conditions, the engine should stay attached long enough to contain the fire, shut it down, and bring the jet back. Thatâ(TM)s the textbook outcome. But when you get an uncontained fire or a fuel-line rupture beyond the firewall, the MD-11 has no way to fight it â" there are no extinguishers outside the nacelle. The DC-10/AA191 disaster led to changes that stopped that violent asymmetric roll, sure, but it didnâ(TM)t address the âoefire-outside-the-podâ scenario. Once that fire hits the wing box or control runs, itâ(TM)s game over. So yeah, AA191 absolutely does have bearing here. Itâ(TM)s the same family, same design lineage, same corporate DNA â" just with a few bandaids and a new nameplate. Pretending otherwise is pure denial.

Comment Right won't be simple. (Score 0) 421

After my experience in satellite control centers, I have seen both good and bad. Video Walls. are a cool idea, but not always practical. I won't explain to much, but as these systems not usually are pieced together based on requirements, thena bout version 3 or 4 they start to become usable as the user and complained enough. There is a lot more to consider in it all. Message me if you want more info, but there is so much info. Air handler placement alone can cuse problems. I now have a ringing in one ear. But if you do nothing else to talk to techs and users. (blurry eye tonight can't chase the typo's)

Comment Still Not Economical (Score 0) 589

Well some stated, make the government buy electric verticals, It is not economical, think, most cops can drive 100-200 easy in a day, no matter where they are & public transportation is even more. Also, I don't know about the "rich people" but my poor self, (maybe $45 a year, I am a solider, and that counts my housing allowance for me and my family, still low enough to get subsidies, like WIC), I can not own a vehicle that would require me to one another one to go more than 60 mi. I drive on average 60-100+ mi a day, just work related, how in the world, can I justify an electric car, it will never work with my life style , unless it can go 300 mi in a day charge, then it might be useful. Then it would have to be big, do you see how much stuff a solider has, that is a lot. I know some smart a** is gonna say live closer, but that is not practical, nor possible. I have one of the shorter commutes in my unit. In the end, it is not the cost, but how far can I drive, and can I afford another car for when this won't cut it. That is why these cars will go to the rich, and rich to me is $75 +. Do not complain about your being middle class with 100K, go look up the median salary, I bet then you $75+ will feel rich.

Comment It is all about employment. (Score 0) 142

I know for a fact, that at least def contractors, look into your background. It is common practice among a lot of people out there to when they enter the job market to "hide it all", by either deleting their profile, or suspending it. This provides a look and a way to compare a prospective employees profile they had at one time vs what they have now. The information is all out there, but someone figure out how to mine it and keep a record, just like google did with everything else. For somone doing a background check, or research on a person, it provides a way to go back and look at what is floating out there in the past.

Comment Re:Not just Tokyo (Score 1) 242

Good for them, just like the english language, there are exceptions. But overall most americans there are jarheads, with a few other serives hiding out. There is a reason all US personell were not allowed off base for a few months a few years back. And don't get me started on the knife laws.

Comment Not just Tokyo (Score 0) 242

I got to spend some time living in Okinawa, Japan, a small southern island where the US military has a lot of bases. The culture there, while leaning towards being very conservative, does pack a lot stuff anywhere they can. Most stores & shops are small, with a lot of stuff, the tv news programs, are almost like there websites. Yet families live as generational, (everyone from great grandma to her great great great baby granddaughter live under one roof most of the time) family honor is first, meaning lie to everyone else. People know how to save, and when you do start to understand the language, and ask the guy your age what that says, he doesn't either, since the younger generations are not learning the more advanced characters. I find that though my experiences that Japanese culture has many contradictions. While the occasional person would talk to you with the little English they know to test it out, (usually a tourist from mainland japan, as in winter Okinawa is there Florida Keys) they practice what is considered in the US, discrimination. You submit a photo with your application for a job, appearance is everything. You do not date, nor marries a gaijin (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gaijin). It is hard to say for sure why it seems that Japanese websites have so much on them, but with out translating the pages, it might just be that they are using more a simplified kanji. But if you the look a photos of Tokyo, the same can be said, in simpler terms of Okinawa Japan. It was so bright there, that you would walk out and only see a bright radiating haze from all the lights, and coke machines. (Rumor was that there was 1 vending machine for every 3 people on the island.)

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