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Tausney16 karma

Define 'fun'.

Story time?

Tausney12 karma

I applied years ago through NATS and got through the testing to the final interview where I eventually fluffed it. Anyway...

One of the last tests was I was given a situation where a plane is in an air corridor flying west across the Atlantic and there's a storm ahead making it too dangerous to pass through. I can ask questions and to give instruction to the aircraft.

Is the aircraft able to pass safely over the storm? No.
Are any of the other air corridors clear? No.
Does the aircraft have enough fuel to land anywhere behind it? Yes.
Can the storm be navigated around outside the corridors? Yes.

I opted to instruct the plane to leave the corridor and set a course around the storm, but it's always plagued me that that was the wrong response. Penny for your thoughts?

Tausney8 karma

He wasn't wrong, he's just an asshole.

Tausney2 karma

Qatar in the summer is up to 50°C (122°F).

Na. Just... na.