I did a lot of travelling prior to retirement and was not nervous when flying but I've decided never to board a plane again. It's not just vaxxed pilots that worry me but air traffic controllers, those servicing/repairing/fuelling/loading the aircraft. Even ordering the spare parts. In my early career I worked in defence procurement mostly ordering spare parts for Australia's Mirage fleet before it was retired. You need to have your wits about you to do those jobs. A brain-fogged procurement clerk shipping wrong spare part to equally brain-fogged maintenance guy can have dire consequences. Many screws fit one screw hole and incorrect or incorrectly fitted screws/bolts etc. can have disastrous consequences in aviation industry, even if supply chain is now fully automated.
Air New Zealand also modified it cardiac screening, no longer required until 40yrs from memory.
In line with FAA changes (probably international given the requirement in aviation to keep regulations as harmonized as possible), I think the ECG PR interval has been extended to 300ms.
Reportedly, "A PR interval of less than 200 milliseconds is considered normal, and participants whose interval was longer than 200 milliseconds had twice the overall risk of developing atrial fibrillation, three times the risk of needing a pacemaker, and almost one and a half times the risk of early death."
I heard Dr. Peter McCullough say during an interview that this extension of the PR interval is concerning but that there are other relaxations of the standards regarding pilots and cardiac health that are even more worrying. I guess that these are more complex and not as easy for lay people to understand and communicate so we’re not hearing about them.
Let’s just say that I say a quick prayer whenever I have to fly nowadays!
Yes indeed. My reference to the raising of age for routine ECG alluded to that point. All prayers for safe flights. (On a note of levity, I've always hoped for the possibility of the crew putting out an APB, "Ladies and Gentlemen, is there a pilot on board?")
Levity is priceless these days. Thank you. Saw the one cockpit pax jets. Yeah right. Given the intent to abolish widespread public aviation by 2030, a single pilot wide body jet should guarantee a trivial number of bookings, given that the intent is also to continue a constellation of novel shots.
My daughter qualified as a doctor 2 years ago. She last flew when she was a medical student and dreaded the appeal for a doctor on board as she said that in the absence of one she would be obliged to step forward but felt terribly ill equipped to do anything. Would a trainee pilot be obliged to put her or himself forward if necessary I wonder?
No apologies. Made in levity. One can still get a fair est. of BP simply with a sphyg and cuff. Palpation is a dying art. Review of current meds provides clues. Etc.
An experienced private pilot on several types including aerobatics, could/should manage with appropriate guidance and assuming all functions as it should, and the weather is tolerable. Certainly better than nix.
It’s not the first time and won’t be the last. I believe it to be an engineered catastrophe. They’re trying to kill us anyway they can. This is an intended consequence.
Thanks PH. Come on all of you autonomous (Pilotless) air taxi quadcopter peeps.
Get yer fingers out. Your time has come.
I did a lot of travelling prior to retirement and was not nervous when flying but I've decided never to board a plane again. It's not just vaxxed pilots that worry me but air traffic controllers, those servicing/repairing/fuelling/loading the aircraft. Even ordering the spare parts. In my early career I worked in defence procurement mostly ordering spare parts for Australia's Mirage fleet before it was retired. You need to have your wits about you to do those jobs. A brain-fogged procurement clerk shipping wrong spare part to equally brain-fogged maintenance guy can have dire consequences. Many screws fit one screw hole and incorrect or incorrectly fitted screws/bolts etc. can have disastrous consequences in aviation industry, even if supply chain is now fully automated.
Excellent points!
Holy shite
Self-flying aircraft is the answer.
Air New Zealand also modified it cardiac screening, no longer required until 40yrs from memory.
In line with FAA changes (probably international given the requirement in aviation to keep regulations as harmonized as possible), I think the ECG PR interval has been extended to 300ms.
Reportedly, "A PR interval of less than 200 milliseconds is considered normal, and participants whose interval was longer than 200 milliseconds had twice the overall risk of developing atrial fibrillation, three times the risk of needing a pacemaker, and almost one and a half times the risk of early death."
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/06/common-ecg-finding-may-indicate-serious-cardiac-problems/
Air New Zealand are busy little woke hamsters!7
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/131490703/booze-border-air-nz-bans-selfservice-spirits-from-lounges
Maybe alcohol is a public Health Emergency of International Concern and Global Prohibition is on the ay.
They really are the centrefold of corporate globalist virtue signalling porn.
I heard Dr. Peter McCullough say during an interview that this extension of the PR interval is concerning but that there are other relaxations of the standards regarding pilots and cardiac health that are even more worrying. I guess that these are more complex and not as easy for lay people to understand and communicate so we’re not hearing about them.
Let’s just say that I say a quick prayer whenever I have to fly nowadays!
Yes indeed. My reference to the raising of age for routine ECG alluded to that point. All prayers for safe flights. (On a note of levity, I've always hoped for the possibility of the crew putting out an APB, "Ladies and Gentlemen, is there a pilot on board?")
Time for AI enhanced auto pilots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOSfFQW2FLo
This from just four months ago
https://fortune.com/2022/11/21/airlines-pushing-one-pilot-in-cockpit-passenger-jets-instead-of-two/
Levity is priceless these days. Thank you. Saw the one cockpit pax jets. Yeah right. Given the intent to abolish widespread public aviation by 2030, a single pilot wide body jet should guarantee a trivial number of bookings, given that the intent is also to continue a constellation of novel shots.
Sorry I missed your comment making this point.
My daughter qualified as a doctor 2 years ago. She last flew when she was a medical student and dreaded the appeal for a doctor on board as she said that in the absence of one she would be obliged to step forward but felt terribly ill equipped to do anything. Would a trainee pilot be obliged to put her or himself forward if necessary I wonder?
No apologies. Made in levity. One can still get a fair est. of BP simply with a sphyg and cuff. Palpation is a dying art. Review of current meds provides clues. Etc.
An experienced private pilot on several types including aerobatics, could/should manage with appropriate guidance and assuming all functions as it should, and the weather is tolerable. Certainly better than nix.
Ugh.. the world has gone mad.
Starkly, raving so.
It’s not the first time and won’t be the last. I believe it to be an engineered catastrophe. They’re trying to kill us anyway they can. This is an intended consequence.
🤯😢