If you read RAIB safety reports (which thankfully are almost always near-misses and no-injury minor incidents), "not enough staff to properly cover the work so maintenance backlogs build up and … (View Post)

If the pilot does everything right in the critical half-second or so then you get to fall like a sycamore seed, which is slightly less awful. (View Post)

As an LD I'm surprised (though only slightly) -- it feels to me like it would be a bit of an overreach to go for PR for Wrstminster this soon after the loss of the AV referendum. OTOH I guess th… (View Post)

AIUI in the 1860s the driver was absolutely slavery -- the various declarations of succession are crystal clear about why they were breaking from the Union. "state's rights" were just … (View Post)

I think "effectively unmodifiable" isn't great, but it's just one thing that ties into all the other problems with the US system. With a fair number of the recent controversial SC… (View Post)