Bones; and the picking thereof.
Agree with “K” – Byron and ‘Iggins both, good crew. But, there are a couple of contentious bones, which, IMO need to be chewed on.
For example; many of us have watched the ‘techs’ plug into the guts of an on board system and been amazed at the amount of information they can easily access and their seriously ‘in-depth’ knowledge of not only how the system works, but how to manipulate both system and data. It’s about then you realise pilots are at the bottom of the systems knowledge food chain. Once a Triple is off the deck, any of the ‘techs’ could run rings around the crew, when it came to ‘manipulating’ any system to perform ‘as required’. To claim pilots, exclusively, as the only beings able to manage the complexities of a system is not only untrue, but misleading. It simply is not so.
Second bone of contention; ‘the Captain’ did it. I will call bollocks here. Not one of the many agencies involved (of the secret squirrel variety) have claimed ‘evidence’ to support the claim. I imagine some fairly deep digging has been done, by some fairly clever folk and they have reported nothing to support the claim. It would have been the answer to a pagans prayer had ‘proof’ been uncovered that it was all the PIC: or, any crew member for that matter. It is the first, logical place to examine and, politically the most advantageous.
This has not happened, rumours aplenty but of solid facts and supporting evidence the is absolutely nothing – leastwise, not published.
So, with respect and affection – I call Bollocks and will continue to do so; until someone, somewhere, places both facts and evidence to support theory on the table.
Next beers with Byron with be interesting; a debate? no doubt; but without malice, a mild mannered disagreement, leading to discussion and probably a headache – next day.
Agree with “K” – Byron and ‘Iggins both, good crew. But, there are a couple of contentious bones, which, IMO need to be chewed on.
For example; many of us have watched the ‘techs’ plug into the guts of an on board system and been amazed at the amount of information they can easily access and their seriously ‘in-depth’ knowledge of not only how the system works, but how to manipulate both system and data. It’s about then you realise pilots are at the bottom of the systems knowledge food chain. Once a Triple is off the deck, any of the ‘techs’ could run rings around the crew, when it came to ‘manipulating’ any system to perform ‘as required’. To claim pilots, exclusively, as the only beings able to manage the complexities of a system is not only untrue, but misleading. It simply is not so.
Second bone of contention; ‘the Captain’ did it. I will call bollocks here. Not one of the many agencies involved (of the secret squirrel variety) have claimed ‘evidence’ to support the claim. I imagine some fairly deep digging has been done, by some fairly clever folk and they have reported nothing to support the claim. It would have been the answer to a pagans prayer had ‘proof’ been uncovered that it was all the PIC: or, any crew member for that matter. It is the first, logical place to examine and, politically the most advantageous.
This has not happened, rumours aplenty but of solid facts and supporting evidence the is absolutely nothing – leastwise, not published.
So, with respect and affection – I call Bollocks and will continue to do so; until someone, somewhere, places both facts and evidence to support theory on the table.
Next beers with Byron with be interesting; a debate? no doubt; but without malice, a mild mannered disagreement, leading to discussion and probably a headache – next day.