We have a cult?!? Fuck yeah, sign me up.

Sounds like something south Canada would say.

Huh, seems like a weird change to make.

For people scared of flying - it is actually shocking how redundant and safe air travel actually is.

The number of things that can fail, thinga they have thought about and have a perfectly flyable and landable aircraft is one of the great achievements in human history. They don’t even let pilots eat the same in-flight meal because of the possibility of food poisoning.

One of the few I can think of is asymmetrical gear - one side deployed but not the other. Will cause a plane to dig into runway and spin/disintegrate. Maybe gear up was the plan, but too fast and too heavy with wrong configuration.

Same touchdown zone regardless, but they could have floated while they waited for the non existent gear to touch down.

Also explains the lack of spoilers and why the wings are still generating lift - they are usually set to engage when there is pressure on the gear.

Yup.

Something you might be able to comment on that I haven’t seen discussed- are the reversers engaged? It looks like the cowling has come back, and if they tried but it didn’t engage (on account of being dragged along a runway at 140kt) the could still be proving thrust.

All good - I can’t remember if gear is pulled in a go around, but I presume it would only be after they have established a climb… you don’t raise gear if your still going down.

Something that wasn’t discussed- I think the reverses are engaged. The cowling looks like its been pulled back. You can’t go around once reversers are engaged.

Not pilot.

Go around is full power and still some flaps.

If they were on final, and followed procedures correctly, they were set to land something like 5k out. If they had another birdstrike it would be in landing configuration, not clean.

Once they unlock (mechanical) gravity can pull them down to lock. You just can’t get them up again and they create a lot of drag.

I remember when Gears came out - it was made as a playable movie, and they did it well because it had a story line with characters we were invested in. Character deaths sucked, it was engaging, and it was unpredictable but comfortable.

Nothing wrong with the movie format, but you’ve got to tell the story.

Great, new game to try. Love me some quality time sinks.

Fully agree on graphics- I want to enjoy a game, graphics are only a component of that, and its not necessarily hyper realistic.

No, profits are the difference between what a person is willing to accept to do a job, and what someone is willing to pay for their production less the cost to make it.

Profit isn’t theft. If you want the full value of your work produce the good or service yourself. If you can’t, pay someone to do the things you can’t. Oh look, business.

Are certain players taking a ridiculous profit- yes. Are people suffering because of it - yes. Could it be done better - absolutely. But just because you don’t like something it doesn’t make it theft.