Erik

I was reading not long ago about the state of the public assistance programs in the UK and Australia. It's absolutely insane the amount of money spent to feed, clothe, house, and medically care for the Islamic. I feel for you, it's a no-win situation.

Just over 15 years for me in the aviation related communities. Seen a lot, met a lot, and proud to have had the opportunity. Thank you all.

Literally spit my coffee everywhere. God I love this place, never short on a good time. The force is strong with that one.

:: walks away slowly ::

The guy who created that masterpiece also created this one.

Political discussions get moved anyway so I can't imagine this getting political in the pub.

Maybe 20 years ago. Active jamming only changes the acquisition type from passive to active. The same smoking hole ensues.

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Now that's effin funny.

I just can't imagine the stupidity at work here. You know the aircraft was painted and locked the entire time it was a threat. The pilot was watching his radar detection system melt while his radio was requiring his attention. You don't go around threatening destroyer platforms and get away unharmed. I give the US Naval Officer who kept his head about him great credit and praise. Needless stupid escalation of a situation that is already messed up. The region has real problems and they had them before Russia decided to step in. As for the map and not our problem. I agree only if Germany removes itself from the NATO countries. Col. Nathan R. Jessup: "You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know, that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives! You don't want the truth, because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. We use words like "honor", "code", "loyalty". We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I would rather you just said "thank you", and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!"

Knife, gun, airplane... Soon the politicians will get on TV and tell us how we need stricter knife sale restrictions. My thoughts and prayers to the families of those affected.

I never said it was a simple solution nor did I offer anything other than an off-the-cuff fix. However, guns have been around a long time and they have certainly been easier to purchase or barter for than currently. Society has changed, rearing children has changed, influences have changed. All part of a social makeup that needs to be addressed or we will continue to be a victim of our own creation. The reality is that we won't give a damn because it's too big a problem or it doesn't impact us directly so it's not something individually we will worry about, though we should. We're a society that likes to have our cake and eat it too so we'll sit around and act shocked when someone somewhere reaches for a gun to solve a problem then blame the gun for our own short falls. How about we develop a smart gun or personal force fields. If we are looking at technology or law to make up for our oversight then certainly this has to be on the table too. There are many things we'll ignore and global warming is one of them. When it happens we'll all sit around, those that make it, and say what a cruel bitch mother nature is. Evolution: It's not just painful and interesting but some people won't survive it. Good luck out there.

People were getting confused because both files needed to be downloaded and combined then extracted. The file has now been included in one download, to cure this problem.

The only argument I've offered considering the "policing of individuals" is that we need to give them coping abilities and a respect for life. This doesn't happen at an adult age that needs to be policed. Parent's need to wake up and start parenting their children. We raise these monsters and then scratch our asses when they go out and kill half a dozen people for some stupid reason. You want xbox and playstation to babysit and teach this to your kids, well good luck re-spawning when it goes wrong. My position about removing the guns is if we do it will only shift to some other tool or vehicle because we haven't corrected the problem to begin with. Paddle some ass and stop worrying about CPS, society will thank you later.

My point is simple. A truck full of ammonia nitrate, Timothy McVeigh; a couple of backpacks filled with modified pressure cookers, Tsarnaev brothers; a .45-caliber handgun, Ivan Lopez; a Boeing 777, unknown; and the list goes on but I'm sure you get my point. A motivated individual can use anything at his disposal to inflict harm and do damage. You can not stop manufacturing everything because it could possibly be used as a deadly weapon. I'll give you the fact that guns are more common place and accessible for the lazy and less creative. Guns get a bad rap and I don't fear the man with a gun. I fear the crazy bastard willing to create and detonate a dirty bomb in populated areas or the intentional spread of Ebola or any other lethal contagion easily transmitted among the human race. Then again none of these even compare to what mother nature can dish out.

Sad is the day the Mirror has more credibility than the BBC.

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In other words anyone who doesn't agree with your solution is immature and irrational. Nice backhanded bullshit directed poorly.

People snap, it happens. Who knows what will or does send someone over that cliff of no return but it happens. Whether he used a gun, his car, or an explosive someone was going to pay and they did. Gun's aren't the problem, people are the problem. How about we get more civilized people control laws and solve the real problem or maybe just maybe teach people some real life coping skills so their knee jerk reaction isn't shock and effin aw.

With so much media coverage of the ill fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 you can't help but speculate what the cause may have been. I've tried watching some of the CNN coverage and while I applaud their attempt at trying to recreate the cockpit environment it's the furthest distraction from the truth I can imagine. I know some of our pilots here have some thoughts and I'd like to hear them. As for me I'll be happy to share mine. Some unknowns that I feel need answers but we haven't heard about. 1. The lithium ion batteries. Which container, which hold, and quantity. How and where was it loaded they must know for weights and measures. 2. The track of the flight. Radar signatures are not singular they must know or someone knows. 3. The altitude of the flight at any point after loss of communication. 4. The fuel load. How many pounds of fuel were requested and how many loaded and where. 9M-MRO Boeing 777-2H6ER (MSN 28420/404) of Malaysia Airlines, at Perth Airport – 1 October 2006. Landing on runway 21 as flight MH125 from Kuala Lumpur. This aircraft was declared missing on 8 March 2014, whilst operating flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard (227 passengers and 12 crew). Photo © Keith Anderson Here's the flight plan that was filed: Route DCT PIBOS R208 IKUKO M076F290 R208 IGARI M765 BITOD N0480F330 L637 TSN N0490F350 W1 BMT W12 PCA G221 BUNTA N0480F350 A1 IKELA N0480F350 P901 IDOSI N0480F390 DCT CH DCT BEKOL K0890S1160 A461 YIN K0890S1190 A461 The part of the flight we know about was up and to the hand off and transfer to Ho Chi Minh City FIR at the IGARI waypoint. It's here the track of this aircraft suddenly becomes unknown. I personally don't believe this for a minute, but I digress. I've seen reports of this flight turning left at IGARI but this is where it gets vague at best. How does this flight skirt the sovereign territories and radars from that point on and what happened? I would speculate that flight MH370 suffered from the batteries igniting and being loaded in the forward cargo hold just aft of the Electronic and Aviation Bay. The batteries may have had a failure, ignited in a runaway reaction, or vented caustic gasses into the cargo hold. If this was a fire could it have burned through any important wire harnesses affecting the radio, transponder, and other gear in the E&A bay? I think this is highly possible though I admit I don't know the physical construction of the aircraft. Here's where things get really fuzzy but lets assume a fire. The pilot then turns left to land at the nearest ILS runway in Penang and descends to 12,000 ft to vent the cabin air which is ironically just above the transition altitude into Penang. Assuming again he set up for an approach transitioning through LUNTU like the ISMAS 1A Arrival which has an outbound departure of 207 degrees to TAMIT which would account for the lateral navigation and heading of it's final presumed flight path. So he descends to altitude and presses altitude hold but he leaves the original flight level of 29,000 and climb rate programmed into the auto pilot. He then reaches to the FMC and programs a new route to Penang with the arrival he wanted. This would account for lateral navigation. The questions I have at this point would be lets say the FMC flew the new route to Penang, at what point would it have a disconnect and stop routing? I'm asking this because I believe the FMC will disconnect when there is a discrepancy (altitude) and then does it hand it back to the auto pilot which has their original altitude, climb, and now a new heading of 207 degrees magnetic from LUNTU? This is the only way I can support the ghost aircraft theory where the crew and passengers were disabled at some point just after the left turn and after the pilot could make some plans for landing. Some things I can't reconcile are: 1. The distance it traveled. If the flight didn't return to the original cruise altitude how did it make it down to the 40th parallel southwest of Australia. 2. How there is no radar reports of this flight. If it flew outbound LUNTU how did it not cross over Singapore airspace. 3. If this flight flew around Singapore to avoid detection how did it make it so far south. 4. If this or other explanations can't be found that don't assume a hijacking or pilot suicide what's left. 5. How does a fire, explosion, or decompression disable radio communications, ACARS reporting, transponder malfunction, crew incapacitation AND at last resort descending to a point they could use other communication devices like cell phones. I pray for the families affected by this and I wish them the strength to heal and recover from their loss.

Happy birthday buddy. So glad I've been able to share the years with you. Just me E

In his case all gloves fit so they must convict.

Your member status didn't allow you to edit it. That has been fixed. Your original post has been edited. I would also recommend uploading anything you want to share to the download manager > upload file. Once you do that you get your own support topic for the mod and a few other nifty tools. Enjoy your stay, bring your friends.