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aklim · #1 07-05-2013, 12:56 PM

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I'd rather have good electronic systems AND a competent crew who can think of solutions that the code monkeys who programmed the electronics didn't.

Absolutely. However the latter is few and far between. Nit to mention expensive. Hence I prefer to rely on tge machine. It is more consistent than a human will ever be

spdrun · #2 07-05-2013, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Absolutely. However the latter is few and far between. Nit to mention expensive. Hence I prefer to rely on tge machine. It is more consistent than a human will ever be

I suspect that pilot salaries are a rather small part of the expenses of keeping a plane flying.

aklim · #3 07-05-2013, 01:07 PM

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I suspect that pilot salaries are a rather small part of the expenses of keeping a plane flying.

Depends on who you talk to. When it comes to the company who wants to save every penn2, no amount is too small to be considered. Remember, you are nobody to the company or anyone else other than a means to an end regardless of all the "I care" things they say. We all look out for "Number 1".

spdrun · #4 07-05-2013, 01:12 PM

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Depends on who you talk to. When it comes to the company who wants to save every penn2, no amount is too small to be considered. Remember, you are nobody to the company or anyone else other than a means to an end regardless of all the "I care" things they say. We all look out for "Number 1".

Margins are thin, but the FAA scrutiny, bad PR, and lawsuits from a crash can break an airline company very quickly. Look at what happened with Pan Am after Lockerbie, or TWA's spiral around the drain after Flight 800.

aklim · #5 07-05-2013, 01:28 PM

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Margins are thin, but the FAA scrutiny, bad PR, and lawsuits from a crash can break an airline company very quickly. Look at what happened with Pan Am after Lockerbie, or TWA's spiral around the drain after Flight 800.

Absolutely. Now can you tell me why we knew of Y2K and didn't fix it till the last minute? Here is my theory. As the IT head, I can fix it 10 years ahead but I don't want to wreck my budget TODAY because I don't know if I will be still employed here come the year 2000. So screw it. Let the other guy deal with it. Today, I want to show everyone that my budget is as lean as possible. Come 1999, OMG!!! We need to do this NOW.

Similarly, You can talk all about FAA scrutiny, bad PR but as long as it doesn't happen BEFORE the company cans me or I leave it, WGAS? My bonus this year will be better. Screw you and the horse you rode in on as long as I get a bigger bonus today. Let tomorrow take care of itself since I might or might not be here.

My grandpa would NOT understand this attitude since they get a job, work for the company, retire and get the proverbial gold watch. Today, if the other guy offers me a little more than you, I'm so gone. After all, if you can find a cheaper way, you'd can my ass. So, as I said, it is every man/woman/child for his/her/it self.

Again, you are talking 10 years down the road, I am talking today. In 10 years, I'd have my bonus and it is spent. It ain't pretty but that is the way of the world we live in.