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[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 3 points 1 year ago

Well Branson IS famously a flashy idiot so 🤷

[–] StewartGilligan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

He be tryna figure out the autopilot.