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Matthew Kane

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    Wellington, New Zealand
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    Flying, FSX, Skiing, Mountain Bike, Lots of Traveling

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  1. Yes as been said, the rocker switches can get loose so therefore possible to activate the switch when you just put your hand on the cover, which is likely what the steward did which is innocent enough. Boeing has issued a bulletin to address this issue.
  2. This one is a strange one, after the incident I guess the pilots were saying the flight computers kept cutting out, and then now it was the seat malfunctioned, but yea it really could be a pilot error and they didn't now what to say about it at first, of course we don't hear or see what happens in the investigation, which is being handled by New Zealand so we will see what happens in the end Edit: It is looking more now like the steward probably just put their hand on the back of the seat, and even though that switch has a cover you can still actuate that switch by pushing on or putting pressure on the cover, and that causes the seat to move forward, so not a pilot error.
  3. My mother is a Newfie but born in New Jersey back in 1943 due to the war, and raised back in Newfoundland when it was a country on it's own and not part of Canada yet, therefore she is a Newfoundland National when it was an official country, yes it is true the Newfie accent is the best, and add a bit if New Jersey to that you have the greatest mixture known to mankind Happy Saint Patrick's Day
  4. As someone who took on a (minor) HR dispute with a large (won't name) Manufacturer, it takes a very big toll out of ya even a small dispute, and the level he took his claims is international, therefore that would take a very very big toll out on someone's mental health. All the conspiracies aside I will just leave it at that and hopefully he may now be at peace
  5. Yes it was Goodrich during my time, an excellent facility I will say I enjoyed my time with them very much
  6. I did work for a landing gear manufacturer in the 90s, that company changed names many times over the decades that is now part of Collin’s Aerospace. My time there was my first project management unsupervised early in my former career. I did work on the overhead conveyors and paint and oven systems, also a first in using 3D design software at that time which was fun
  7. Boeing doesn't manufacture or maintain landing gear
  8. Every airline is different, there was a British Airways 747 a few years back that took off from Heathrow and lost one engine, but continued onto KLAX on three engines anyways, and were criticized for that. Yes this flight could have continued too it wasn't a risk and to be honest was better off to continue, but United has it's policies too. This was probably considered a liability issue so turn back for an investigation not because of flight safety
  9. Moose is in the proper lane too 🤣
  10. That would make sense, I couldn't find any reports on a mission to Wellington, if it was a planned flight the plane spotters would have been aware of that
  11. Probably not a big deal for many but I live in Porirua, New Zealand so a C5 Galaxy almost never comes here. Last night my 9 year old daughter came into my room to say good night but out of the corner of her eye she said, 'Look Daddy there is an airplane coming straight for me!!!' so I got up to take a look and off to the horizon was an airplane, not out of the ordinary other then the only planes to fly into our local airport are A320's, Dash 8's and ATR's for the most part, This was after dark so no way to tell what it was other then the lights on this one didn't look like an A320. So instead of saying Go To bed its just a plane I told her she could watch it fly by. To me surprise as it got closer you could tell this was really big. So it flew past and I put her to bed. Out of curiosity I checked Flight Aware and it was Flight Number RCH125, operated by Air Mobility Command 125 of the US Air Force and was a C5 Galaxy. Too bad it was too dark to see it I am just glad my daughter shares my enthusiasm of Airplanes and spotted this was out of the ordinary. In the morning when she woke up I educated her about the C5, she is delighted she spotted one. Not sure what this ones mission is usually they fly into Christchurch for Antarctic Missions, not Wellington this doesn't happen very often.
  12. Not just aviation sector pretty much every industry is going through this systematic gutting of operations, I blame 6-Sigma 🤣
  13. Silly Kitty puts its head right back on the tracks 🤣
  14. I've heard you're views, I processed your views with lots of consideration, and I disagree, Human Kind was never Kind, I do appreciate your outlook, and this song is for you...
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