StewartGilligan@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoMommy, look, I'm a pilot...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1535arrow-down15
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minus-squarenieceandtows@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-22 years agoTo be fair, ‘how to fly an airplane’ is different from ‘how airplanes fly’.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoTrue, but at Virgin Airlines, the engineers and mechanics wear the same uniforms as the pilots. It’s wasteful and highly confusing, but Branson insists.
minus-squarenieceandtows@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoThat sounds dumb. You would think you need to be able to identify the relevant and necessary people quickly during and emergency.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoWell Branson IS famously a flashy idiot so 🤷
minus-squareStewartGilligan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoHe be tryna figure out the autopilot.
To be fair, ‘how to fly an airplane’ is different from ‘how airplanes fly’.
True, but at Virgin Airlines, the engineers and mechanics wear the same uniforms as the pilots. It’s wasteful and highly confusing, but Branson insists.
That sounds dumb. You would think you need to be able to identify the relevant and necessary people quickly during and emergency.
Well Branson IS famously a flashy idiot so 🤷
He be tryna figure out the autopilot.