@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months agoMommy, look, I'm a pilot...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1532arrow-down15
arrow-up1527arrow-down1imageMommy, look, I'm a pilot...lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square@nieceandtowslinkEnglish32•edit-211 months agoTo be fair, ‘how to fly an airplane’ is different from ‘how airplanes fly’.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•11 months agoTrue, but at Virgin Airlines, the engineers and mechanics wear the same uniforms as the pilots. It’s wasteful and highly confusing, but Branson insists.
minus-square@nieceandtowslinkEnglish8•11 months agoThat sounds dumb. You would think you need to be able to identify the relevant and necessary people quickly during and emergency.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoWell Branson IS famously a flashy idiot so 🤷
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoHe be tryna figure out the autopilot.
To be fair, ‘how to fly an airplane’ is different from ‘how airplanes fly’.
True, but at Virgin Airlines, the engineers and mechanics wear the same uniforms as the pilots. It’s wasteful and highly confusing, but Branson insists.
That sounds dumb. You would think you need to be able to identify the relevant and necessary people quickly during and emergency.
Well Branson IS famously a flashy idiot so 🤷
He be tryna figure out the autopilot.