May I inquire? You are a "lay people"....? What possible benefit can you realize from coming into a site that is obviously run by and for those of us who are directly involved in aviation?

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May I inquire? On what basis did you assume compasses are in "every commercial aircraft". here's some exciting late news - persuant to IACO regs...just about all legit aircraft of every size and type...have an on-board compass as a back-up.

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May i inquire? If you are not an aviator, or otherwise involved in aviation technology, why are you in an aviation-oriented site ?

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may I respectfully suggest you bone up on the basics of nuclear physics and explosives? They are not practical weapons for any number of reasons.

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May I inquire? If you believe the term "IFR" refers to railroads, why are you coming into an aviator's side?

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you folks are not being fair. Given what has happened to even basic high school education for the past several generations, you cant expect young people to have even an awareness, much less a basic understanding of the real-world laws of chemistry and physics. They know what they want to believe; they have no interest in learning about anything that would interfere with their fantasies.

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I disagree. Passengers are not idiots. They are just normal humans, busy living their lives in their own universes. Most are devoid of intellectual curiosity about the real world; way too busy in their own world. It is unreasonable for us to expect they have a clue about CAT. Absent that clue, of course keeping the seat-belt on is not something their minds can process.

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What nonsense! Airline PR people have managed to change our language. Understandable...by getting their customers to think of themselves as "flyers" rather than ordinary "passengers", that hopefully adds to the feeling of participation. Simple fact...the REAL flyers are the folks who sit in front, and wear seat belts, because they know the air can get rough. Passengers sitting in back want to believe they are entitled to a smooth ride. They usually get it. How is it news when they dont?

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First, let me correct your english. True, it is now what people who say, who are all emotional about riding in BACK of someone ELSE's airplane...they CLAIM they "fly". Just admitting they are PASSENGERS takes away from their emotional involvement. Given the times, the way folks believe they are "entitled", we have educated our populace to believe they have some kind of right to air services. Those of us who DO FLY (meaning we sit up front...!) recognize there can be limits as to when we FLY. Obviously, a system of high speed rail service would solve most, if not all, of the delays these "flyers" are grumbling about. Oh well....guess I have admitted my personal dissatisfaction over the fact I have to pay the various costs of when I want to fly, because included in those costs are subsidies for those who CLAIM they fly.....!

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First, let me correct your english. True, it is now what people who say, who are all emotional about riding in BACK of someone ELSE's airplane...they CLAIM they "fly". Just admitting they are PASSENGERS takes away from their emotional involvement. Given the times, the way folks believe they are "entitled", we have educated our populace to believe they have some kind of right to air services. Those of us who DO FLY (meaning we sit up front...!) recognize there can be limits as to when we FLY. Obviously, a system of high speed rail service would solve most, if not all, of the delays these "flyers" are grumbling about. Oh well....guess I have admitted my personal dissatisfaction over the fact I have to pay the various costs of when I want to fly, because included in those costs are subsidizing those who CLAIM they fly.....!

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