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Starliner mission scrapped; FAA to investigate 787s

I remember being amused that there were people who thought an elaborate conspiracy theory was necessary to explain how a flight crew could screw up that NDB approach in Croatia.

Unless I've missed it, I still haven't seen an answer to my question as to whether the FAA has a surplus of applicants for controller training slots, because I don't see how DEI could be causing better-qualified applicants to be turned away unless such a surplus existed.

I still have a couple of CRT computer monitors (in addition to a couple of flat-screen ones).

I'm going to peg myself as an old guy by revealing that the first thing that came to mind for me was "cathode ray tube." :biggrin:

I don't have any information on whether people are being hired whose disabilities prevent them from doing the job, so I won't comment on that. My question is this: Is there, in fact, a surplus of applicants? The reason I'm asking is that that would be necessary in order for qualified applicants...

Funding for increased staffing is being proposed. https://thehill.com/regulation/transportation/4617992-buttigieg-us-needs-air-traffic-controllers/

In western Washington, there's stuff worth seeing pretty much everywhere you look. Kenmore Air flys seaplanes all over. (I'm less familiar with eastern Washington.)

That doesn't sound like a DEI issue. Was there a surge in retirements at some point?

A couple of danger points: -The Colorado Rockies -High winds in the mountains

It's weird that the guy in the video complains about allegedly unqualified pilots when the article itself is about a case of controller error.

https://www.flyingmag.com/american-scales-back-pilot-hiring-plans/ Excerpt: In a recent briefing to pilots viewed by AirlineGeeks, company vice president of flight operations Russ Moore said that American plans to hire 1,300 pilots this year. In 2023, the airline hired around 2,300. Moore...

Sounds like a battle between two over-simplified talking points.

Try not to let your push for hours lead you to take unnecessary risks, as apparently happened to this guy: https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/commander-n965bc-crashes-in-icing-conditions-13-apr-2024-in-san-bernadino-mountains.146927/