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Boeing's 737 Max is ready to fly, but maybe not passengers
Nov 24, 2020, 01:38 PMNo, it was inherently unsafe, that's the whole point, it was redesigned with a narrower flight envelope, but instead of retraining pilots, they fitted MCAS, an autonomous system designed to dive the aircraft, and didn't tell the pilots. MCAS had a single point failure mode. The risk should have b...
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Boeing's 737 Max is ready to fly, but maybe not passengers
Nov 23, 2020, 07:00 PMBoeing's redesign made the aircraft inherently less safe so they added MCAS to avoid costly pilot recertification, and the FAA allowed it. MCAS was a safety system that killed people, but hundreds of designers and certifiers failed to spot its obvious risks. Now they say it's OK? Does that mean M...
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Westpac computer said Nah to a dependents-free, debt-free, single professional with unblemished credit history, ample assets and income and cash balances that are multiples of their application threshold. Maybe they don't make money out of the folks who run their affairs properly.
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Compulsory Covid-19 Vaccinations
Feb 16, 2021, 04:15 PMGoing back to my OP.....I still see no published research for evidence of transmission blocking by any of the approved vaccines or candidates in development. If Big Pharma has the evidence then - curiously - they are doing a great job keeping it quiet. Countries like Israel with well-progressed v...
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Compulsory Covid-19 Vaccinations
Feb 03, 2021, 07:36 PMDoes anyone know what medical advice Qantas got to make vaccinations mandatory? None of the vaccines stop transmission - none have even been tested for effectiveness against transmission. Masks are probably more effective than vaccinations are against transmission. If you are not in a vulnerable ...
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Sim card - Europe
Apr 11, 2018, 08:18 PMUK O2 one month pre-paid was only 15 quid, plenty calls/txt/data, worked fine in Europe once I realised I had to release it from the UK network. All the phone companies do similar deals. If you carry a Telstra phone on a plan make sure to switch off the international roaming Day Pass before you t...
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Absurd UK e-Passport Rules
Jan 17, 2018, 04:19 PMIt is absurd that Australians with e-Passports cannot use Smartgates in the UK unless they pay £70 to get a single year's Registered Traveller enrolement. And even after acceptance you still have to queue so an officer can tell you that you can use the gate. Is there maybe some probl...
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Do Any Chip'n'PIN Cards Work Overseas
Jan 05, 2018, 11:55 AMInteresting. I have CBA-issued Mastercard / AMEX. As recently as last month in Singapore they still needed signatures, PIN / PayWave were not available to me.