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[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be fair, ‘how to fly an airplane’ is different from ‘how airplanes fly’.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

True, but at Virgin Airlines, the engineers and mechanics wear the same uniforms as the pilots. It's wasteful and highly confusing, but Branson insists.

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

That sounds dumb. You would think you need to be able to identify the relevant and necessary people quickly during and emergency.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well Branson IS famously a flashy idiot so 🤷

[-] StewartGilligan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

He be tryna figure out the autopilot.

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