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Has anyone else noticed that airplanes are flying shallower departure paths than pre-covid?
2023 May 24, 4:46pm 3,569 views 39 comments
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HeadSet
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2023 May 26, 9:12pm
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2023 May 26, 9:12pm
WookieMan says
I do a lot of bike riding, but I keep to back roads and bike trails. I do not ride on main roads because I don't want to get killed and I do not want to be that guy that holds up traffic. For example, we have lots of bike trails in my area and more are being built. One such bike trail is the VIrginia Capital Trail that runs from Jamestown to Richmond, about 50 miles:
This trail parallels VA Route 5, a two-lane road you can see to the right. Despite this excellent trail, I have come upon cyclists while driving on this Rt 5 who are on the highway and not the trail only about 20 feet away. The road is a scenic rural type with no side path so the cyclist rides on the edge white stripe and holds up traffic until the driver behind him is clear to pass. This type of cyclist is usually in a spandex superhero suit and thinks drivers do not mind being held up as they admire him for being on a bike.
So are riding bicycles on roads with cars.
I do a lot of bike riding, but I keep to back roads and bike trails. I do not ride on main roads because I don't want to get killed and I do not want to be that guy that holds up traffic. For example, we have lots of bike trails in my area and more are being built. One such bike trail is the VIrginia Capital Trail that runs from Jamestown to Richmond, about 50 miles:
This trail parallels VA Route 5, a two-lane road you can see to the right. Despite this excellent trail, I have come upon cyclists while driving on this Rt 5 who are on the highway and not the trail only about 20 feet away. The road is a scenic rural type with no side path so the cyclist rides on the edge white stripe and holds up traffic until the driver behind him is clear to pass. This type of cyclist is usually in a spandex superhero suit and thinks drivers do not mind being held up as they admire him for being on a bike.
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2024 Apr 23, 11:52am
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2024 Apr 23, 11:52am
HeadSet says
A lot of those pedal by our house on a major bike route. We call them "jesters" with their brightly colored spandex and helmets.
This type of cyclist is usually in a spandex superhero suit and thinks drivers do not mind being held up as they admire him for being on a bike.
A lot of those pedal by our house on a major bike route. We call them "jesters" with their brightly colored spandex and helmets.
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2024 Apr 23, 11:58am
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2024 Apr 23, 11:58am
Patrick says
Good news, everyone: Dimon thinks the 70s are coming back!
Good news, everyone: Dimon thinks the 70s are coming back!
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon is concerned the US economy could be in for a repeat of the problems that hampered the country during the 1970s."
"Yes, I think there’s a chance that can happen again," he said during an appearance Tuesday at the Economic Club of New York.
The economy in that troubled decade was constrained by stagflation, a combination of low growth and high inflation, and Dimon said such a risk exists again.
"I worry that it looks more like the seventies than we've seen before," he added during a question-and-answer session with Marie-Josee Kravis, chair of the Museum of Modern Art and wife of KKR co-founder Henry Kravis.
"There are circumstances in which it'll look more like the seventies than what we've had for the last 20 years.
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2024 Apr 23, 12:04pm
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2024 Apr 23, 12:04pm
Eric Holder says
Like where we fund the MIC by participating in undeclared foreign wars, enriching those connected, and impoverishing taxpayers?
"There are circumstances in which it'll look more like the seventies than what we've had for the last 20 years.
Like where we fund the MIC by participating in undeclared foreign wars, enriching those connected, and impoverishing taxpayers?
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I'd notice that planes would use a steep departure angle to minimize noise, but now it seems like they are using as shallow a departure angle as possible. I swear that some planes are less than 200 feet above the ground as they pass above me - the airport is over 3 miles away.
I suspect that the airlines are doing this so that in case a pilot keels over mid-departure because of clot shot damage, there's enough time for the copilot to recover, since the shallower departure angle means that the airplane is getting much more lift and can possibly "coast" a little with significantly less possibility of a stall.
Probably no one else on PatNet is living in as low-rent housing as I am, but for those possibly in the know, are my suspicions somewhat justified? The FAA already effectively eliminated the arrhythmia standards for pilots' hearts. Is this just another step in the process of trying to keep as many heart-damaged pilots flying so that the airline industry doesn't collapse?