u/Malakas_Tsiblas

The latest VASaviation video captures the controller expressing his frustration and the confusion it causes for them.

This is the third incident (that we know of) in the last few months. I still don't quite understand how it's possible, as I'm used to airlines using consecutive flight numbering for inbound and outbound flights e.g. Flight 1234 from A to B, Flight 1235 from B to A.

Doesn't the scheduling software have a check for this type of conflict?

These are the signature instruments of Canadian musician Yiannis Kapoulas. They were hand-made by his father, George, to emulate the sounds of typical Greek and Turkish instruments in one package.

These are the Ethno III Acoustic and the Ethno III Electric. The three distinct, exotic sounds afforded by the E-III Electric emulate the lush and melodious tones of the Bouzouki, Saz, and Cumbus. The E-III Acoustic emulates the erotic sounds of the Tsoura, Bouzouki and Guitar.

I went to the Toronto show (my third Muse concert) last week and had a great time. Reliving some of the performances by watching some youtube videos and I noticed that Matt seems to move his mouth away from the mic at some points while singing, yet the sound level stays constant. I'm used to mic levels being set so that the singer needs to be right in front of the mic so that background stage noise is not picked up on the mic. Moving your mouth away would necessitate higher mic levels.

I'm not suggesting that Matt's miming here, this could be a technique he uses to mute his voice during the high notes, just curious if anyone else has noticed this.

Example video

A new VASaviation video was posted with additional ATC and tower tapes to yesterday's post

This guy is a real piece of work, can he be reported to FAA as an unsafe pilot?

edit: tapes from his departure have been posted

This guy needs to learn some humility

I was listening to the latest VASaviation ATC video and the pilot sounds like a real douche right from the start.

But threatening to declare an emergency and then doing so is wild. Should he face some sort of discipline?

I'm tired of seeing trucks at the various car dealerships on this stretch using the bike lane as a loading dock. It's so prevalent it's been caught on google street view.

Why can't the City install bollards or narrow the lane at each entrance with additional angled concrete barriers to prevent the trucks from using it? Seems like a simple fix since enforcement is next to nil and even then it's only a $200 ticket (parking in a bike lane). This is also a no stopping zone, so I'd love to see an additional ticket for $300 (parking, no stopping) issued as well.

Even better would be increased fines for commercial vehicles, say 10x the regular fine. If the fine is low enough, businesses will accept it as the cost of doing business. Transporting a vehicle can cost $2,000; the small risk of a $200 fine does not discourage their behaviour at all.