Comments for Airplane Geeks Podcast http://www.airplanegeeks.com Podcasting Aviation Greatness Since 2008. The Airplane Geeks talk about the latest in the airline industry, general aviation, and military aviation. If it flies, we\'re talking about it. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Episode 112 – Airline Security by Tweets that mention Airplane Geeks - Episode 112 - Airline Security | Airplane Geeks Podcast -- Topsy.com http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/31/episode-112-airline-security/comment-page-1/#comment-3039 Tweets that mention Airplane Geeks - Episode 112 - Airline Security | Airplane Geeks Podcast -- Topsy.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:44:05 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=939#comment-3039 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Aviation Week, Aviation Week. Aviation Week said: This week's @AirplaneGeeks episode covers 1 of my favorite topics-#airport #security! http://tinyurl.com/33kn8m7 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Aviation Week, Aviation Week. Aviation Week said: This week's @AirplaneGeeks episode covers 1 of my favorite topics-#airport #security! http://tinyurl.com/33kn8m7 [...]

]]> Comment on Episode 111 – Airline Revenue Management by Max Flight http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/24/episode-111-airline-revenue-management/comment-page-1/#comment-3017 Max Flight Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:20:04 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=929#comment-3017 [Student pilot Matthew sent this in. My understanding is that UAVs that loose their communications link are supposed to circle. This one didn't.] Look at this article, http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-08-26_uav.asp More about UAV's gone wrong. Matthew [Student pilot Matthew sent this in. My understanding is that UAVs that loose their communications link are supposed to circle. This one didn't.]

Look at this article,
http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-08-26_uav.asp

More about UAV’s gone wrong.

Matthew

]]> Comment on Episode 111 – Airline Revenue Management by Max Flight http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/24/episode-111-airline-revenue-management/comment-page-1/#comment-3006 Max Flight Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:19:22 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=929#comment-3006 Mark: Aviation photographer Paul Filmer was our guest back in Episode 79. His work is absolutely amazing! See http://skippyscage.com/ for more of his work. Max Mark:

Aviation photographer Paul Filmer was our guest back in Episode 79. His work is absolutely amazing! See http://skippyscage.com/ for more of his work.

Max

]]> Comment on Episode 111 – Airline Revenue Management by Mark Richardson http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/24/episode-111-airline-revenue-management/comment-page-1/#comment-3004 Mark Richardson Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:35:41 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=929#comment-3004 Wow, love that picture. Thanks for the podcast. We had a F15 fly over the airshow we just had here. So awesome. Wow, love that picture. Thanks for the podcast. We had a F15 fly over the airshow we just had here. So awesome.

]]> Comment on Episode 111 – Airline Revenue Management by Hank http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/24/episode-111-airline-revenue-management/comment-page-1/#comment-3001 Hank Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:52:38 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=929#comment-3001 Very nice capture ! Well done on the heat trails. Very nice capture ! Well done on the heat trails.

]]> Comment on Episode 111 – Airline Revenue Management by daniel http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/24/episode-111-airline-revenue-management/comment-page-1/#comment-2982 daniel Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:24:52 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=929#comment-2982 Thats a great picture of the f15. \saw one of these at the fairford airshow and it blew me away. Thats a great picture of the f15. \saw one of these at the fairford airshow and it blew me away.

]]> Comment on Episode 111 – Airline Revenue Management by Max Flight http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/24/episode-111-airline-revenue-management/comment-page-1/#comment-2978 Max Flight Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:59:59 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=929#comment-2978 Alex, always good to hear from you! On patience for change: I'll be honest with you, I smiled a bit during the recording because it seemed so familiar. It's the age old struggle between youth and enthusiasm vs. age and experience. In my opinion, it's a very healthy struggle because it moves us forward, but not recklessly. (I'm not saying Jesse is reckless.) Each "side" needs to listen to and consider the other viewpoint, and reach a conclusion to go forward with. Airlines that don't listen to fresh perspectives become dinosaurs, and we know what happens to dinosaurs. Duck if you see a comet coming! Alex, always good to hear from you!

On patience for change: I’ll be honest with you, I smiled a bit during the recording because it seemed so familiar. It’s the age old struggle between youth and enthusiasm vs. age and experience. In my opinion, it’s a very healthy struggle because it moves us forward, but not recklessly. (I’m not saying Jesse is reckless.) Each “side” needs to listen to and consider the other viewpoint, and reach a conclusion to go forward with.

Airlines that don’t listen to fresh perspectives become dinosaurs, and we know what happens to dinosaurs.

Duck if you see a comet coming!

]]> Comment on Episode 111 – Airline Revenue Management by Max Flight http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/24/episode-111-airline-revenue-management/comment-page-1/#comment-2977 Max Flight Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:45:09 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=929#comment-2977 [Keith sent this in. The link is to the Fascinating Aida video singing the Cheap Flights parody...] Take a look at the link below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0lUYHHFc If there are prizes for guessing your caption picture it is a Grumman G-21A Goose and was taken at the Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA. Just showing my geek level here !! As always many thanks to all of you for the podcasts you produce each week, keep them coming. Regards Keith Near RAF Lakenheath and sounds of the F-15s [Keith sent this in. The link is to the Fascinating Aida video singing the Cheap Flights parody...]

Take a look at the link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0lUYHHFc

If there are prizes for guessing your caption picture it is a Grumman G-21A Goose and was taken at the Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA. Just showing my geek level here !!

As always many thanks to all of you for the podcasts you produce each week, keep them coming.

Regards

Keith

Near RAF Lakenheath and sounds of the F-15s

]]> Comment on Episode 111 – Airline Revenue Management by Alex http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/24/episode-111-airline-revenue-management/comment-page-1/#comment-2976 Alex Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:32:18 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=929#comment-2976 Hi another good Pod cast, I would like to say to Jesse Ziglar just stop being impatient for change. You contradict yourself, you say you are traditionalist and on the other hand you are saying new methods that you learnt are better than the old methods. To me this is an oxy moron type of thinking. Just get some more experence and stop trying to drive older people out of the industry. We need to eat too you know! As for BA, are they reinventing the wheel or is this some sort of new found idea by the press! Apprenticeships where always 3 years of hands on training and theory followed by 1 year at the coal seam. They changed it in Australia so you can take your time, not a good idea and now companies are starting to realise this "Dumbing Down" was not a good idea. Oh Hindsight is so wonderful! or is reaching 50? Keep up the good work Alex from hot and humid China Hi another good Pod cast, I would like to say to Jesse Ziglar just stop being impatient for change. You contradict yourself, you say you are traditionalist and on the other hand you are saying new methods that you learnt are better than the old methods. To me this is an oxy moron type of thinking. Just get some more experence and stop trying to drive older people out of the industry. We need to eat too you know!
As for BA, are they reinventing the wheel or is this some sort of new found idea by the press! Apprenticeships where always 3 years of hands on training and theory followed by 1 year at the coal seam. They changed it in Australia so you can take your time, not a good idea and now companies are starting to realise this “Dumbing Down” was not a good idea. Oh Hindsight is so wonderful! or is reaching 50?
Keep up the good work
Alex from hot and humid China

]]> Comment on Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation by sekhar http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/17/episode-110-social-media-in-aviation/comment-page-1/#comment-2956 sekhar Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:02:43 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=915#comment-2956 pilot-less planes are a good idea in theory and even now most of the new planes have so much automation they could practically fly themselves. However, the pilot is still required to monitor everything happening on the plane and specially when something goes wrong. Some people might say that having a pilot on the ground could do the same job, but then the ground pilots would be deprived of the feedback from the plane, for example a shudder or a vibration that can only be felt etc, or say a sensor that failed that could cause the auto pilot to go out of control. (case in point are all the pitot related auto pilot problems). So the pilot as a sensor is still a good option. So all in all I dont think that this is a good idea. pilot-less planes are a good idea in theory and even now most of the new planes have so much automation they could practically fly themselves.
However, the pilot is still required to monitor everything happening on the plane and specially when something goes wrong.
Some people might say that having a pilot on the ground could do the same job, but then the ground pilots would be deprived of the feedback from the plane, for example a shudder or a vibration that can only be felt etc, or say a sensor that failed that could cause the auto pilot to go out of control. (case in point are all the pitot related auto pilot problems). So the pilot as a sensor is still a good option.
So all in all I dont think that this is a good idea.

]]> Comment on Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation by Grant McHerron (aka Falcon124) http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/17/episode-110-social-media-in-aviation/comment-page-1/#comment-2935 Grant McHerron (aka Falcon124) Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:34:38 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=915#comment-2935 Gotta say about this JetBlue guy - if it had been a passenger who'd had enough of it all, blown their stack, grabbed some beers, popped the chute and exited, they'd still be in prison right now (and probably being charged under anti-terrorism rules :) As to pilotless aircraft: Until we have secured, guaranteed communications channels that survive ionisation or hacking along with fail safe computers that have been fully tested and verified for ALL possible combinations, there is no way I am going to get on a remotely piloted passenger aircraft. NOTE: Neither of those two preconditions are currently possible with our technology (comms degrade with storms, channels can be hacked/jammed and it's not possible to test all conditions in complex computer systems :) Gotta say about this JetBlue guy – if it had been a passenger who’d had enough of it all, blown their stack, grabbed some beers, popped the chute and exited, they’d still be in prison right now (and probably being charged under anti-terrorism rules :)

As to pilotless aircraft: Until we have secured, guaranteed communications channels that survive ionisation or hacking along with fail safe computers that have been fully tested and verified for ALL possible combinations, there is no way I am going to get on a remotely piloted passenger aircraft.

NOTE: Neither of those two preconditions are currently possible with our technology (comms degrade with storms, channels can be hacked/jammed and it’s not possible to test all conditions in complex computer systems :)

]]> Comment on Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation by Tweets that mention Airplane Geeks - Episode 110 - Social Media in Aviation | Airplane Geeks Podcast -- Topsy.com http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/17/episode-110-social-media-in-aviation/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 Tweets that mention Airplane Geeks - Episode 110 - Social Media in Aviation | Airplane Geeks Podcast -- Topsy.com Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:54:04 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=915#comment-2930 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Aviation Week and Rigid Lifelines, WingMuse. WingMuse said: Airplane Geeks - Episode 110 - Social Media in Aviation | Airplane ...: Guest Ashley Moore is Founder and Presiden... http://bit.ly/9nAbN8 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Aviation Week and Rigid Lifelines, WingMuse. WingMuse said: Airplane Geeks – Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation | Airplane …: Guest Ashley Moore is Founder and Presiden… http://bit.ly/9nAbN8 [...]

]]> Comment on Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation by Transportation Programs: Challenges Facing the Department of Transportation and Congress, March 10, 2009 North Capitol Street http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/17/episode-110-social-media-in-aviation/comment-page-1/#comment-2928 Transportation Programs: Challenges Facing the Department of Transportation and Congress, March 10, 2009 North Capitol Street Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:40:28 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=915#comment-2928 [...] Airplane Geeks – Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation | Airplane … [...] [...] Airplane Geeks – Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation | Airplane … [...]

]]> Comment on Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation by Max Flight http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/17/episode-110-social-media-in-aviation/comment-page-1/#comment-2926 Max Flight Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:39:32 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=915#comment-2926 [From Gavin...] I would not want to fly on a plane with no pilot for the following reason. Sometimes the computerized systems fail, and human intervention is required at key points in the flight, that can be the difference between life and death. A recent British Airways 744 incident at JNB illustrates this. On takeoff, faulty wiring caused the leading edge flaps to retract (the wiring fault falsely caused the computer to believe that the thrust reversers were engaged). It was an extremely hairy takeoff, with a very heavy plane taking off at altitude, with less lift than it should have had. Quick thinking and reactions by the crew allowed the plane to get away cleanly, dump fuel, and land safely. The alternative would have been disastrous. The same goes for the BA 777 crash landing at LHR, as well as Sully. In all these cases, the uniquely human abilities of the pilots allowed every single person to walk away almost completely unharmed, where one could easily envision all three of these incidents ending badly, with all passengers and crew on all three flights perishing. It's easy to point to the normal flights, where pilots have to do very little, and say "we don't really need them", but at the margins, where there is a deviation from normal flight, for what ever reason, pilots earn their salaries, and more, by getting their planes and passengers back to the ground safely. When the computers fail, they fail, and having that extra layer of input makes the difference. Gavin [From Gavin...]

I would not want to fly on a plane with no pilot for the following reason. Sometimes the computerized systems fail, and human intervention is required at key points in the flight, that can be the difference between life and death. A recent British Airways 744 incident at JNB illustrates this. On takeoff, faulty wiring caused the leading edge flaps to retract (the wiring fault falsely caused the computer to believe that the thrust reversers were engaged). It was an extremely hairy takeoff, with a very heavy plane taking off at altitude, with less lift than it should have had. Quick thinking and reactions by the crew allowed the plane to get away cleanly, dump fuel, and land safely. The alternative would have been disastrous. The same goes for the BA 777 crash landing at LHR, as well as Sully. In all these cases, the uniquely human abilities of the pilots allowed every single person to walk away almost completely unharmed, where one could easily envision all three of these incidents ending badly, with all passengers and crew on all three flights perishing. It’s easy to point to the normal flights, where pilots have to do very little, and say “we don’t really need them”, but at the margins, where there is a deviation from normal flight, for what ever reason, pilots earn their salaries, and more, by getting their planes and passengers back to the ground safely. When the computers fail, they fail, and having that extra layer of input makes the difference.

Gavin

]]> Comment on Episode 10 – Aviation New Media Meet-Up by john http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2008/08/11/episode-10-aviation-new-media-meet-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2923 john Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:00:04 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=20#comment-2923 It would be nice too if you would tell something about other nice site on the net: http://www.flylogs.com Thanks. It would be nice too if you would tell something about other nice site on the net: http://www.flylogs.com

Thanks.

]]> Comment on Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation by Alex http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/17/episode-110-social-media-in-aviation/comment-page-1/#comment-2920 Alex Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:38:34 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=915#comment-2920 Hi Geeks, I was interested in how you all answered the pilotless question, I was thinking who would be in charge in case of an emergency? is it a commercial initiative? probably is?? I can tell you i answered the question quicker than all of you and it is Nooooooooo Way!!! I would not even consider it for a moment. As it is I am worried about pilot training that some airlines have resorted too! These machines aren't video games that young people can just get in and manipulate the controls. Keep up the good work Cheers alex from Hot and Humid China!! Hi Geeks,
I was interested in how you all answered the pilotless question, I was thinking who would be in charge in case of an emergency? is it a commercial initiative? probably is?? I can tell you i answered the question quicker than all of you and it is Nooooooooo Way!!! I would not even consider it for a moment. As it is I am worried about pilot training that some airlines have resorted too! These machines aren’t video games that young people can just get in and manipulate the controls.
Keep up the good work
Cheers
alex from Hot and Humid China!!

]]> Comment on Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation by GENERAL’S WELCOME North Capitol Street http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/17/episode-110-social-media-in-aviation/comment-page-1/#comment-2918 GENERAL’S WELCOME North Capitol Street Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:20:55 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=915#comment-2918 [...] Airplane Geeks – Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation | Airplane … [...] [...] Airplane Geeks – Episode 110 – Social Media in Aviation | Airplane … [...]

]]> Comment on Episode 104 – Bits and Pieces II by keith jones http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/07/06/episode-104-bits-and-pieces-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-2855 keith jones Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:25:23 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=841#comment-2855 dear all i have the complete collectoin of airplane the magazines dated 1992 if anyone is interested please email with an offer . thanks keith dear all
i have the complete collectoin of airplane the magazines dated 1992 if anyone is interested please email with an offer .
thanks
keith

]]> Comment on Episode 108 – AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 by Peter http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/03/episode-108-airventure-oshkosh-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-2832 Peter Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:36:52 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=898#comment-2832 And don't forget that Eastern Airline's restored DC-7 arrived at Oshkosh with some very special passengers--- FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt joins Capt. Sully Sullenberger, and his F.O. Jeff Skiles for a flight around the Oshkosh area during AirVenture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhiiZLnf4pE And don’t forget that Eastern Airline’s restored DC-7 arrived at Oshkosh with some very special passengers— FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt joins Capt. Sully Sullenberger, and his F.O. Jeff Skiles for a flight around the Oshkosh area during AirVenture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhiiZLnf4pE

]]> Comment on Episode 108 – AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 by Jamie Dodson http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2010/08/03/episode-108-airventure-oshkosh-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-2825 Jamie Dodson Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:09:30 +0000 http://www.airplanegeeks.com/?p=898#comment-2825 Great podcast. loved your Oshkosh feature. Dan, you were right, it was loud! Stop by the EAA Wearhouse next year and say hi! Great podcast. loved your Oshkosh feature. Dan, you were right, it was loud! Stop by the EAA Wearhouse next year and say hi!

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