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@patgagnon_75 @kel94686901 Hi Patrick, Do the trucks have ABSB?

@kel94686901 All vehicles that are on the flight line always have their four way flashers on , it's just like a standard operating procedure that we all do

Ftr, i'm not a flight safety investigator, but I do have experience as a former R.C.A.F technician on flightlines. Here's what we know. 1. The aircraft was cleared to land well before the approach. 2. Landing aircraft have priority above all else. 3. All vehicles on the flight..

@aakashgupta This needs to be computerised, at least for double checking. No computer looking at the ASB data or ground radar would’ve allowed that truck to go through.

The air traffic controller cleared the fire truck onto the runway. Seconds later, the same controller screamed “stop, stop, stop.” The plane was doing 93 to 105 mph. Both pilots are dead. Everyone will frame this as controller error. One controller was simultaneously managing a United flight that aborted takeoff after an anti-ice warning, dispatching a fire truck across an active runway, and sequencing an inbound Air Canada landing at highway speed. At 11:40 PM. On a mandatory overtime shift at a facility that has been understaffed for years. A system that assigns one person that workload will produce exactly this outcome. The only variable is when. The FAA is short approximately 3,000 controllers. The headcount dropped 13% from 2010 to 2024 while flight volume rose 10%. Over 40% of the FAA’s 290 terminal facilities are understaffed. The New York TRACON, which manages the most congested airspace in America across LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark, has been chronically below target. Newark was operating at 59% of its staffing goal. LaGuardia handles 900 flights a day. The hiring pipeline is broken at every stage. Only 2% of applicants complete the full process. Training takes up to 6 years. The FAA Academy in Oklahoma City is a bottleneck, with roughly 35% of trainees washing out. Congress blocked legislation to build a second academy. In one recent hiring cycle, the FAA brought on 1,512 candidates and lost 1,300 in the same window. Net gain: around 160 controllers for an entire country. Three things need to happen and everyone who can make them happen has known for years. Congress needs to fund and authorize a second FAA training academy. One facility in Oklahoma City cannot produce enough controllers for 900 million annual passengers. Members of Congress from Oklahoma have actively blocked this. That needs to end yesterday. The FAA needs to cut certification time. Six years from application to fully certified controller is absurd. The agency’s own data shows tower simulators reduce certification time by 27%. They’ve installed them at 95 facilities. That should be every facility, and the simulated hours should count toward more of the certification requirement. The FAA needs to stop plugging staffing gaps with mandatory overtime. Controllers at understaffed facilities are working six-day weeks rotating between morning, mid, and night shifts. The NTSB has flagged fatigue repeatedly. The controller last night was managing overlapping emergencies during a nighttime operation. Overtime is not a staffing plan. It’s a countdown to the next runway collision. The controller said “I messed up” to a Frontier pilot who watched the whole thing. The pilot responded “No man, you did the best you could.” One of them is right. The answer determines whether this happens again.

@BrianTamakiNZ Having the Marsden point oil refinery wouldn’t help us. Because we can’t get the oil to refine (neither can the places that we buy petrol from) which is why the price is going up. Supply and demand. Supply went down. I can imagine a run on secondhand Tesla’s…. $25k Trademe

Here we go again. A global crisis hits the headlines… and suddenly governments start talking about alert levels. Not for COVID this time. For petrol. Yes…NZ officials are already discussing fuel alert levels and emergency restrictions if supply gets tight. Does that sound familiar? We’ve heard this script before. First it’s “don’t panic.” Then it’s “temporary measures.” Then suddenly it’s limits, bans, and restrictions. Officials are already floating ideas like: ▪️ Limits on how much petrol you can buy ▪️ Petrol stations opening on alternate days ▪️ Restrictions on filling containers ▪️ Even limits on when you can drive your car And yes… even the possibility of car-less days if fuel gets tight. Here’s the Alert Level system from the National Fuel Plan (pictured). It’s COVID-style thinking applied to fuel. Deja vu? Australia’s Energy Minister is already saying Australia is in crisis. How long until NZ is too? And the real question is this: Why is New Zealand so vulnerable in the first place? Because we shut down our only oil refinery. Because we rely almost entirely on imported fuel. Because politicians crippled our energy security. Right now officials say we have around 50 days of fuel supply in the system. Fifty days. That’s the margin. Then it will be… More rules. More controls. More “alert levels” and “phases”. Kiwis are already suffering pain at the pump. Petrol near $3 a litre. Half of that price goes straight to the Government in taxes. Pain at the pump. Pain in the pantry. Pain across the whole economy. Here’s the truth. New Zealand doesn’t have a fuel crisis. We have a leadership crisis. And every time the world wobbles… they reach for the same tool... Control the people. #TruePatriots

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@Saxon1096 @JimFergusonUK 28 February 2026 - 4:05 PM Dubai Airports confirms that all flight operations at Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International (DWC) are suspended until further notice.

@JimFergusonUK My daughter is fling via Dubai tonight, is it safe????

🚨 BREAKING: Reports are emerging from Iranian state media claiming IRGC hypersonic missiles have been launched toward the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. If true, this would mark a historic escalation — a direct strike attempt on a US supercarrier, one of the most heavily defended military assets on Earth. But as of now, there is no independent confirmation from US officials or international sources. In moments like this, the fog of war is thick. Information becomes a weapon. Narratives move faster than missiles. What we do know is this: tensions in the region are reaching a dangerous threshold, and the world is watching for the next signal — retaliation, denial, or confirmation. If a carrier has been targeted, the consequences could reshape the geopolitical landscape overnight. Stand by.

@pnlmaxxing @JimFergusonUK At 4000 miles an hour the target only moves a few feet. So it’s not really a moving target. Like when a laser weapon aims at a supersonic fighter jet. The jet moves 4 inches between fire and hit.

@JimFergusonUK is it even possible for hypersonic missiles to hit a moving target? i would very much doubt so

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Auckland Transport? How many of these for the price of a tunnel?

In Zhuzhou, China, the world's first railless tram operates on virtual tracks, eliminating the need for physical rails. This innovative streetcar can travel up to 70 km/h and carry as many as 500 passengers.

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@varma_ashwin97 @rohanpaul_ai He was early, not wrong.

"Either get into something niche like AI for biology... or just don't get into anything at all." Jad Tarifi, who founded Google’s first generative AI team, warns that pursuing lengthy degrees like PhDs, law, or medicine may soon be impractical. He pointed out that by the time these programs are completed — often 5 to 8 years later — AI may already have swept through those domains --- Source: futurism

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