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Steven,
What's "free mind capacity"? I'm not a native speaker. You know what I mean if you want to. That info gives pilots of average or better intelligence an idea of how long the airport will be closed. Then they can decide if they're better off continuing to hold or diverting to another airport and coming back later. Ah, ok. So I must be below average intelligence, because I have seen/read about vastly differing times needed for clearing of runways after accidents and would have NO idea at all what timeframe I could figure for an event like that without a vast amount of further details beyond "there's been an accident". Good for you that you are so much smarter, I guess. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Thomas Borchert wrote:
Steven, What's "free mind capacity"? I'm not a native speaker. You know what I mean if you want to. That info gives pilots of average or better intelligence an idea of how long the airport will be closed. Then they can decide if they're better off continuing to hold or diverting to another airport and coming back later. Ah, ok. So I must be below average intelligence, because I have seen/read about vastly differing times needed for clearing of runways after accidents and would have NO idea at all what timeframe I could figure for an event like that without a vast amount of further details beyond "there's been an accident". Good for you that you are so much smarter, I guess. Very few accidents take less than an hour to clear, that is just common sense. Even raising an airplane after a gear-up landing is likely an hour event at least. And that assumes no injured pax to clear. Matt |
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![]() "Thomas Borchert" wrote in message ... Steven, What's "free mind capacity"? I'm not a native speaker. You know what I mean if you want to. Not true. I have no idea what you meant, but I do want to know. That info gives pilots of average or better intelligence an idea of how long the airport will be closed. Then they can decide if they're better off continuing to hold or diverting to another airport and coming back later. Ah, ok. So I must be below average intelligence, because I have seen/read about vastly differing times needed for clearing of runways after accidents and would have NO idea at all what timeframe I could figure for an event like that without a vast amount of further details beyond "there's been an accident". That was my conclusion as well. |
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What's "free mind capacity"?
I'm not a native speaker. You know what I mean if you want to. Not true. I have no idea what you meant, but I do want to know. The way I read it, "Free" means "available". "Mind capacity" means "ability to think". We sometimes refer to it as "processor cycles", by anaolgy to computing. When one is thinking too much, there is not much mind capacity left for other tasks, so there is not much "free" mind capactity, although one's total mind capacity ("intellegence") is unaltered. The other way to parse it, "free mind" "capacity" (ability to be freethinking) doesn't fit well, so I went with the first one. Jose -- The monkey turns the crank and thinks he's making the music. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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Jose wrote: The way I read it, "Free" means "available". "Mind capacity" means "ability to think". We sometimes refer to it as "processor cycles", by anaolgy to computing. When one is thinking too much, there is not much mind capacity left for other tasks, so there is not much "free" mind capactity, although one's total mind capacity ("intellegence") is unaltered. For MicroSoft Windows users, this would be a buffer overrun error. It's a common hacker technique to take control of someone else's computer. |
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![]() "Thomas Borchert" wrote Ah, ok. So I must be below average intelligence, because I have seen/read about vastly differing times needed for clearing of runways after accidents and would have NO idea at all what timeframe I could figure for an event like that without a vast amount of further details beyond "there's been an accident". Good for you that you are so much smarter, I guess. If it were stated that there was a "fatal incident" on the runway, that would tell everyone that there would be a sizable delay. There is always extra time taken to investigate, take proper care and respect to remove the occupants, and remove the aircraft. If I were put into a hold with that many aircraft, and knew it was not just a backup due to too many aircraft trying to get in to land all at once, I would have definitely made the decision to go find somewhere to land, and come back later. -- Jim in NC |
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![]() If it were stated that there was a "fatal incident" on the runway, that would tell everyone that there would be a sizable delay. There is always extra time taken to investigate, take proper care and respect to remove the occupants, and remove the aircraft. If I were put into a hold with that many aircraft, and knew it was not just a backup due to too many aircraft trying to get in to land all at once, I would have definitely made the decision to go find somewhere to land, and come back later. I agree. Having been in that hold over Green Lake, I think (and this is just my opinion) that this one tidbit of information would have shut up all the jibber-jabber on the frequency. It had gotten out of hand, and while I respect the idea that ATC/FAA/EAA might not have wanted to brodcast the fact that there was a fatal accident, there were still literally hundreds of airplanes in the air on that Sunday, and people would have piped down and shut up and made proper decisions about what to do next if they knew the full scope of what was going on. Call it situational awareness, but things were teetering on the brink of break down. Broadcasting what had happened would have helped the guys at FISK get it back under control, which they were in danger of losing. People had a bad case of "get-THERE-itis" and wanted to get in. Knowing what had happened would have helped to calm things down. Arguing about how long it might take to clear up various types of accidents is a waste of time. Each situation is a little different. I remember one (non-fatal, except to the avionics involved) where a baggage door on a twin opened up while the aircraft rotated on 27 at OSH. The boxes of avionics then went thru the prop and got shredded into a million small pieces. It took us probably an hour or two at least to do the FOD walk and clear the runway. Ryan Wubben EAA Flight Line Operations |
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