tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post5900886507248901719..comments2024-03-26T10:02:32.848-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Not A Real Air Crash (Sequester Sequester FNORD! Sequester)Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-25591225693923817602013-06-24T08:52:15.550-04:002013-06-24T08:52:15.550-04:00Ah. Now I remember. That would have been in ET &q...Ah. Now I remember. That would have been in ET "A" school at T.I. in 1961-2. Those are ancient. The FAA is still using them?<br /><br />BTW, Here's hoping your trials & tribulations are mostly behind you now.<br /><br />New poster. Former Tenn. plowboy, 35+yrs aerospace veteran, ex Space Shuttle Simulator driver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-68466059165685463402013-06-23T14:27:08.648-04:002013-06-23T14:27:08.648-04:00Dual triodes, useful for building flip-flops! :) ...Dual triodes, useful for building flip-flops! :) Also tube-type op-amps.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-34585174717259862512013-06-22T22:11:06.617-04:002013-06-22T22:11:06.617-04:006J6 & 12AT6??? That triggered some ancient me...6J6 & 12AT6??? That triggered some ancient memory synapses. Best I can recall was (possibly) on some radar repeaters on a US Aircraf Carrier about 50 years ago!xS3mdrvrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-2539734272920803512013-06-22T07:51:53.520-04:002013-06-22T07:51:53.520-04:00Not picky at all; clarification! And that means t...Not picky at all; clarification! And that means the "glitch" is between the ears of a controller on the ground, who assumed rather than observed.<br /><br /> Yeah, that actually gives a little credence to the fix-it-with-money notion, the ratio of flights to controllers watching being governed by how many of the latter they can hire; but having to watch fewer flights doesn't *guarantee* the watchers won't get careless, either. Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-787200813123623272013-06-22T04:40:30.839-04:002013-06-22T04:40:30.839-04:00Roberta, not trying to be picky here, but flying r...Roberta, not trying to be picky here, but flying rules are as follows- Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. In fact he was executing a missed approach according to the rules, and when it got the airplane cleaned up and called, ATC then had a conniption fit, because they had 'dropped' him as having landed, rather than actually following him through the missed approach. Also, safety of flight is the responsibility of the pilot in command, regardless of what the FAA/ATC want to say.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-54727499940601340182013-06-21T22:38:04.331-04:002013-06-21T22:38:04.331-04:00The Federal ATC system no longer includes RADAR as...The Federal ATC system no longer includes RADAR as such, the planes now have IFF modules that transmit their location, altitude and vector to the tower. Turn off the IFF module and the plane "disappears" from the civilian "RADAR" screen. Only the military controllers can still actually see what is up in the air via RADAR.CMacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-39077754059010990962013-06-21T18:45:41.526-04:002013-06-21T18:45:41.526-04:00Just to amplify Robin's comment, the ATC syste...Just to amplify Robin's comment, the ATC system shows up periodically on Slashdot and other tech journals etc. Not only is the system itself a challenge to design and build by itself, but any new system will have to talk to and work with all the old crap in the field as it's rolled out. Either nobody has been able to do a realistic proposal for such, or the cost has been out of sight (i.e. unfundable). Probably, some of both has happened. My suspicion is that the ATC system evolved over time, and the interfaces are likely a hodge-podge of incompatible protocols. I'm reminded of a job I had once, where having a Vax (8-bit ASCII) talk to a CDC-Cyber (6-bit EBCDIC, 60-bit word) was a pain.<br /><br />I have no confidence that any government agency can accomplish this. Boeing, Raytheion, Lockheed-Martin ... sure, as long as the FAA doesn't mismanage it into a quagmire.jedhttp://freedomsight.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-48841124878321729492013-06-21T18:01:05.383-04:002013-06-21T18:01:05.383-04:00As for the FAA equipment being old, they've be...As for the FAA equipment being old, they've been whining about this for awhile and its all their fault.<br /><br />Early in my career in software development, I worked for a subcontractor on a huge modernization project for the computer infrastructure of ATC in FAA. At one point, the contract was 22 months behind schedule ... of a contract that had only been awarded 18 months before. Complete fiasco. Much of the equipment that was supposed to be upgraded then is still in use, and this was 25 years ago.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-77746866158678176502013-06-21T17:57:50.678-04:002013-06-21T17:57:50.678-04:00The FY 2013 budget for FAA ATC - after deducting f...The FY 2013 budget for FAA ATC - after deducting for the "sequester" - is still larger than 2012.<br /><br />The Obama administration is desperate to make this "sequester" into some sort of fiscal holocaust ... and failing.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-10816784924039339362013-06-21T11:15:16.859-04:002013-06-21T11:15:16.859-04:00But, But...
It's supposed to be a NERF world!
...But, But...<br />It's supposed to be a NERF world!<br />We're all to be protected.<br />Don't you know?<br /><br />gfaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-68945376334837214912013-06-21T08:51:32.520-04:002013-06-21T08:51:32.520-04:00If the pilot didn't land as directed and start...If the pilot didn't land as directed and started freelancing in controlled airspace, he should loose his piloting license. If 2 cars bump on the road, usually bent sheet metal is the only damage. 2 planes bump at altitude, its death and destruction raining from the sky. If it was the controller's fault, he should be fired (but being a federal employee, we know how likely that is).Mike V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00850684530065926604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-41841941330133538722013-06-21T08:34:58.337-04:002013-06-21T08:34:58.337-04:00If they had crashed, months would have passed befo...If they had crashed, months would have passed before we'd known it had nothing to do with the sequester. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969361446367636746noreply@blogger.com