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Not replying directly to you, except the "excuse anything" part: It's a funny idea that you owe your opponent in a war a "fighting chance", when in fact the exact OPPOSITE is true. You, in fact, owe your own soldiers every reasonable effort to eliminate your opponent's ability to fight back, as that ability directly translates to your soldiers getting hurt or killed.

One other point of clarification. Fleeing is NOT surrendering. You can't let your enemy flee unhindered only to regroup later.

Question: Do you mean current as in movement of material, or current as in movement of electric fields?

Or is that not a valid distinction in this case?

Crunchyroll?

Could have been really crappy weather and a very turbulent flight. I'm not sure I would be able to tell the difference between 2.5g and some of the severe jolts I've been in.

The article said it was inspected on landing at SFO.

Huh, given the steep dive, and equivalently steep climb-out, I wonder if they got hit by a microburst?

No, that's not true. Not following the rules strictly around duty time is a great way to have the FAA up your ass.

The increased risk people are talking about have been demonstrated in the form of crashed airliners.

The entire rubric of reporting deviations early and often was developed as it was identified as a major cause of crashes in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.

Per this particular incident: It is a big deal the FO screwed up. It's a bigger deal that the screwup was not reported, as it's an indication that the culture of the airline is more concerned with reputation than keeping everyone alive.

Your last two statements are not accurate.

Autoland is not the common landing method unless you're in very poor visibility. Pilots DO use it in good weather or other situations, but that's mostly to keep current on their certifications for its use. For those who are curious, look up Category III (Cat III) or 0/0 approaches. Those are the ones autoland are intended for.

Secondly, amongst pretty much every common definition of experience "small commercial plane" operators are almost always less experienced than airline pilots, at least in the US. The reason for this is simple, to be a commercial pilot you need 250 hours of flight experience. To be an airline pilot you need 1500. Small commercial businesses are commonly where pilots pick up the experience needed to even apply to be an airline pilot.

Other common sources: 1) Flight instructing (also a small commercial gig), 2) The military, 3) Aviation schools and lots of $$$$

Primarily, yes. There are international treaties regarding power, frequency, and transmissions that make sure you're not stomping on people. Each of the countries involved wants to make sure the operators know and understand what is expected.

Only to those who are looking for excuses to take offense. That's sort of like saying a "pyrrhic victory" is offensive to the greeks.

Flip that around. In a very real sense the criminal either chose to dehumanize his victims, or ignore the suffering he was causing (arguably worse). "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".

Also, some people are just shitheads, and I don't think we can say with any degree of certainty where Foreshadow sits.