So what. We are not seeing a spate of rail crashes due to drivers forgetting what they are doing, but planes are near enough falling out of the sky right left and centre. It's complete mayhem up there as far as I can see, and that's why the Air Accident Investigation Board have produced this report informing people that they would be nuts to go anywhere near an aircraft at the moment. I suppose the "experts" on here know better though.
Apart from these 19 incidents:
Apart from these 19 incidents:
Yes, I read most RAIB reports.Apart from these 19 incidents:
I bet no urban75 active member would be brave enough to put this to the test though.
Sure, I get it. For some people, it's more attractive to take the simple but deadly option over the slightly more cognitively challenging, but safer and sensible one.
We all know what you read is:
Firstly, regarding the railway incident at Salisbury the driver of the train has been totally cleared of any mistakes. So the problem is likely to be poor maintenance of track i.e. leaves on the line and a temporary speed restriction incorrectly set or not in place or the leaves not being cleared. It could also the position of the signal is too close to the junction.You can prove anything with "facts"
I can't seem to find it on their website - can you help?
They have obviously blocked it for you because they hold the same opinion of you as every other decent person.
So, you failed to find any reports that identified driver errors as likely to have been caused by a period of not working during the pandemic?From the RIAB:
etc etc
- 4 December 2020: Overspeeding drivers
- 11 November 2020: Derailment at Sheffield. Crap maintenance
- Whoopsie
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I don't won't to make light of the reports highlight deaths and life-changing injuries, but there are several in the last year on the rails and none in commercial aviation.
Anyway I should be more like Snufkin and chill
Driving past a temporary speed is not a problem with the driver?
And
You aren't getting this. Of course drivers make mistakes. Neither of these reports suggest the driver error was a result of lack of practice caused by pandemic lockdowns.Driving past a temporary speed is not a problem with the driver?
From Report 04/2021: Signal passed at danger and subsequent near miss, Chalfont & Latimer station
And
Report 10/2020: Signal passed at danger at Loughborough South Junction
Signal passed at danger at Loughborough South Junction, Leicestershire, 26 March 2020.www.gov.uk
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There are some really good train simulators that will run on a laptop, you'd kind of hope they'd have demanded more of furloughed staff re recency
Better than nothing. But not good
Doubt they'd be accurate enough to be any good for retaining route knowledge. The whole point is to learn the real route, not an approximation produced for a computer game. A DVD would seem more appropriate.
I imagine that unlike hand flying there isn't that much hand to eye fine motor skills (with perhaps the exception of manual breaking for platform positioning) its all hyper safety critical procedural stuff. But I've only ever driven train simulators twice so have no real idea.
Me niether, but thats a lot of inerita and momentum to have to deal with. And tbf of lot of flying recency is safety critical procedural stuff too
Train drivers have better egos. Or rather, naver met a train driver with the ego of a pilot...maybe its just how they roll.
so, 20 days to go and France now require a pre-departure PCR test...which is fine....except I've booked on the 26th December, perhaps the worst day imaginable to test in the preceding 48 hours.
My PCR lady, Pricilla (yes, we are on first name terms) has promised to have a nurse at my flat at 0800 and a result in time for the 1630 flight. We will then have to test again to fly from Paris to Porto, and from Porto back home to Brazil. I wonder if this increases the chance of an affordable upgrade
