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Yes, although if Boeing is willing to plead guilty, that just tells me they do not fancy their chances at a trial. I doubt they are pleading out just to avoid a trial they think they can win (a move sometimes to avoid the spectacle and cost of a trial) considering this can have ramifications on...

https://apnews.com/article/boeing-guilty-plea-crashes-245a38dc6d3082f4ddff1f6f74f274f2 Boeing pleads guilty to criminal charges

Forgot about that one. I haven’t watched cable or network TV in over a decade since I went to college and cut the cord. Have never felt like I was missing much. Growing up I practically lived on Discovery Channel, Science Channel, TLC, and Food Network. Now all of them are either stupid overly...

Cool antenna array. Reminds me of the Duga radar array. Something about large antennas is just cool, the GOAT being Arecibo of course. It is tragic to see how far outlets like The History Channel, Discovery Channel, and TLC have fallen. Natural consequence of our modern world of increasing...

Only airport with T access is KBED. KOWD and KBVY if you’re willing to Uber from the commuter rail maybe. KBVY probably would be the cheapest of those 3, KBED most expensive definitely.

We have always been at war with Eastasia the drones

Ha! I grew up UU, we had many “recovering <insert religion here>”.

Again, read my response. I acknowledge the difference and the difference in extent that AA promotes religion vs spirituality.

AA has implicit religious connotations based on the big book and its history and explicit spiritual connotations with respect to a higher power. Some atheists and agnostics are willing to overlook the spiritual connotations to the extent that the meetings they attend promote or recast them into...

My partner goes to 3 meetings a week and spends significant time as part of the leadership and area representative. While I’m obviously supportive, I’d be lying if it isn’t sometimes a strain on our relationship. He puts a ton of effort into those activities and relationships, including with his...

Not all AA groups bring much of the religiosity to the table. My partner is an ex-Catholic atheist who was a part of both SMART and AA at the beginning of his sobriety journey. He sought out SMART specifically because of its lack of any religious connotations. Ultimately he found several (and...

Flip the X-Y axes (learning on X and effort on Y) and keep the curve shape the same and it makes sense. :)

Don’t think yuppies would fare any worse or better than anyone else. We have over a century of history of a single model on how to control a car. The steering wheel and pedals is so ingrained in our culture, little kids have toys based on it. Changing that up unnecessarily seems like a recipe...

Don’t rule out the possibility it was an “accident” either…

If no one knows how many there are, how can we possibly do a meaningful statistical analysis?

On this one point, that’s not exactly true. While it is true that for a pilot who last got a class 3 in 2006, obtaining that medical likely has almost no bearing on their current medical condition, any new pilot still has to get a class 3 before using basic med. If all pilots on basic med had...

The class 3 requirement prior to basic med definitely muddies the data analysis for comparative performance of class 3 and basic med. There are likely ways to control for that (although we may not have enough data for statistical significance after those controls are done) but most basic...

Stopping commercial air carrier service is a pretty far blush from closing an airport with 16 GA aircraft based at it that has seen a 70% reduction in operations in a decade and a half. I don't love airports closing either, I just find it a bit amusing that the supposed "free market and limited...

Current interest is from film studio, warehouses, and some manufacturing according to the article. https://patch.com/california/banning-beaumont/banning-municipal-airport-receives-federal-ok-close