The A220 is two for two on this trip

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove) 04/04/2019 at 13:43 • Filed to: At least it doesn’t run on Windows XP

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I’m siting I’m the runway while they shut down the engines for a restart and reboot. This is the second flight in a row now where the pilot has told us the electronics need a reset.

Feeling a bit like a beta tester at the moment.

imadick > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 13:46

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But you’re cool with flying in a machine with bare minimum safety factors?

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 13:46

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Well I’d rather reboot on the ground than after takeoff at least

Spanfeller is a twat > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 13:47

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Someone needs to tell pilots that aircraft cannot be troubleshooted by using the geek squad hotline

Chariotoflove > imadick 04/04/2019 at 13:49

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Absolutely. Give me a pair of goggles and strap me to the wing of a biplane. I’m ready for some barnstormin’!

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 13:49

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Hi, this is Phil from Tech Support. Have you restarted your Airbus today?

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 04/04/2019 at 13:50

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Excellent point. 

Ash78, voting early and often > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 13:50

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Bombardiers are solid. They may be complicated, but you’ll be ok. I credit it to the nose-to-the-grindstone 3-hour days the Quebecois assembly line puts in . They added a second shift in the afternoon. Everyone is very well rested.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 13:50

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Meanwhile, on the flight deck...

Chariotoflove > Spanfeller is a twat 04/04/2019 at 13:50

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Oh shit...

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 04/04/2019 at 13:52

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Here’s a nice shot for you.

Feel free to photoshop in a gremlin.

Chariotoflove > Ash78, voting early and often 04/04/2019 at 13:53

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So you’re saying I’m okay poutine my faith in them?

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 04/04/2019 at 13:54

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Fu...

Eagle One wasn’t this complicated.

Spanfeller is a twat > Ash78, voting early and often 04/04/2019 at 13:56

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Isn’t the A220 built in Alabama? 

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 13:57

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I would, but I got no skills. Something appropriate to watch while you wait.

ttyymmnn > Spanfeller is a twat 04/04/2019 at 14:03

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Not yet.

Ash78, voting early and often > Spanfeller is a twat 04/04/2019 at 14:05

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The plant is just about finished, I think they start full production next year. Then I can stop joking about French Canadians :D

Ash78, voting early and often > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 14:06

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Just a oui bit!

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 14:10

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With a track record like that, I'd almost be worried they hired the company I work for to do the software.

LOREM IPSUM > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 14:19

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Air travel really has come full circle.

When it first hit the scene, you accepted the fact that you would probably die while using it.

Then it became safer and more sophisticated than any zeppelin or luxury liner. You’re living the high life, champagne and caviar and all the hat boxes you can carry, no extra charge .

Then it made everyone wish we were dead.

Now we’re back to accepting each flight might be our last... and we wish we were dead.

facw > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 14:22

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Maxima Speed > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 14:26

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Beautiful plane. On the plus side at least they don’t have to do computer tests in flight. That would be sketchy .

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 14:32

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I feel like “turning it off and turning it back on again” is not an acceptable way to fly a plane. What is going to happen when they have to do this in the air? Okay I guess we are going to glide for a few minutes while we restart in “safe mode”.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 14:51

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Ctrl+alt+delete

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/04/2019 at 15:39

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That’s what the other engine is for.

Svend > Ash78, voting early and often 04/04/2019 at 15:47

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Never stop joking about French Canadians. There is one thing, just one thing in the world that unites French, British and Germans and that is to poke at the French Canadians, not Canadians, just the French Canadians .

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 04/04/2019 at 17:41

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Just as I saw that, we lifted off. Good timing. 

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > ttyymmnn 04/04/2019 at 17:41

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“Have you tried turning the airplane off and on again?”

“Can you try unplugging the engine and plugging it back in?”

“Okay, under control panel, I need you to click ‘system update.’ Okay now click OK. ... wait, you aren’t in the air are you?”

Chariotoflove > facw 04/04/2019 at 17:46

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Ugh. Take your star. 

Chariotoflove > BaconSandwich is tasty. 04/04/2019 at 17:46

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Double problems means double work right?

Chariotoflove > LOREM IPSUM 04/04/2019 at 17:48

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I kinda feel dead at the end. So they delivered I guess?

ttyymmnn > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 04/04/2019 at 18:08

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Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > ttyymmnn 04/04/2019 at 18:27

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Select row, ^D, duh.

Chariotoflove > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/04/2019 at 18:42

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It’ll be just like a roller coaster. It’s not a problem. It’s a feature.

Thank you for flying Delta. 

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 04/04/2019 at 18:43

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The right one needed the restart on the outbound. Today it was both. Pilot said something about sensors needing to be reset. Any of our planelopnik opponaughts should chime in on what that  might have meant.

Chariotoflove > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/04/2019 at 18:44

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Blue screen,  blue sky. Same diff.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 19:02

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Think about how many sensors there are in your car, and then multiply by some number >1. It could be absolutely anything.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 19:17

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I'm pretty sure the motto around here is "we don't have time to do it right, but we do have time to do it twice".

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 04/04/2019 at 20:09

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I like that CEL. 

Chariotoflove > BaconSandwich is tasty. 04/04/2019 at 20:12

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Sounds like government contractor handbook to me. 

Chariotoflove > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 04/04/2019 at 20:15

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I kinda think that’s how it went. 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 20:27

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Sometimes I wish I worked for the government.  At least I’d have a little more job security, compared to where I’m at now!

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 20:55

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Thanks. I made it myself. 

Chariotoflove > BaconSandwich is tasty. 04/04/2019 at 21:31

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The big thing isn’t the salary. It’s the benefits. Government is the last bastion of reliable benefits. 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Chariotoflove 04/04/2019 at 23:25

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Interesting point. I'm up here in Canada, but even then, government workers do get pretty good medical/dental benefits. At various points in my life, both of my parents were teachers, so we had things like regular dental appointments. It's surprising the difference that that can make in a kid's life.

Chariotoflove > BaconSandwich is tasty. 04/05/2019 at 00:16

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Oh yeah, down here the social safety net isn’t as big.

Yes, regular pediatric and dental care starts you off the right way at a time when everything is changing fast and how you deal with things affects your later adult years  

pip bip - choose Corrour > Chariotoflove 04/05/2019 at 09:08

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that’s not confidence inspiring