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https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/a-pilot-who-lied-about-his-flying-experience-to-secure-a-job-at-british-airways-was-said-to-have-been-caught-when-he-pressed-a-button-no-qualified-pilot-would/articleshow/90598082.cms
SergeantDetritus
Gear up while on the ground?
DomZombie
SpiderTrike2000
Press button for ice tea
reelo
Is this the button?
kastewbeef
That would definitely prompt a reaction.
DQ1701
WHY is there a button that "no qualified pilot would ever press" in the cockpit? Does it send a radio signal that says "Fire this idiot?"
Mcknizzle
Buttons are useful because they allow us to activate or deactivate a system/action when deemed necessary by the operator of said button. We
Mcknizzle
can use buttons for actions that we don’t want to have constantly running or permanently stopped. This also applies to switches as well.
tripthicket
Was it a jolly, candy-like button?
skwint
He switched the radio over to BBC 1
measterl
you watch that series too many times where that guy could become anybody
wheresthehill
In the interests of research… I expect only those close to the incident actually know. Informed speculation here though /2
wheresthehill
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/92537/what-button-did-a-pilot-press-that-led-to-them-being-caught-for-falsifying-exper
Grateful42
actually insightful nice.
fightkostka6
the speculation is he pressed APU Emergency Stop button while still being connected to ground power, killing the plane, nobody would do that
VirtualNaut
Well then you’ve never been an Airline Representative (Cargo) and turn the plane off because you wanted to prank a vendor.
amp99
Sort of related: a pilot wrote off a plane by retracting the landing gear while stationary on the ground: https://youtu.be/nhzH55M_FIo?t=355
TomVickers
The 'squat switch' prevents wheels raising when on ground. A good pilot will never find out if the switch is wired/works correctly.
amp99
Not in a Saab 340, but it should go without saying you should never try to raise the gear on the ground.
zenoshogun
BishlamekGurpgork
The telegraph reports that he cut power while on the ground. One pilot speculates that he turned on the APU while connected to ground power.
BishlamekGurpgork
This would disconnect the plane from A/C power. When the error is pointed out, he'd switch it off, but it would keep running, as designed.
BishlamekGurpgork
In his haste to fix the mistake, they might push the APU's E -stop, which since they disconnected from ground power, would result in total
BishlamekGurpgork
Power loss. This would fit the need for it to be a button, and being a button that caused the plane to go dark.
BishlamekGurpgork
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/92539
ameranthe
Then why do they even have that button?
Mcknizzle
Buttons give us the option to start and/or stop an action. We may not always want a particular action to occur constantly so we use buttons
Mcknizzle
to give the operator the option to cause that action when necessary. We use buttons daily on computers, vehicles, and even our phone.
manhands
terrifying. appalling. but also impressive for him to have THAT much gall.
SergeantDetritus
British Airways he pressed coffee not tea I figured it out guys
IWAHALOTMORE
British Airways trying to deflect blame from their horribly lacking screening process
vsego
How does one "lie about his flying experience"? Don't they... you know... check the candidates' claims?
Kakeukh
But... But that's *work*!
KRicci
That's what immediately scared me. Some professions (the ones where people die when you screw up) should absolutely be verifying credentials
SMarkt
so there is a fake button in every airplane to identify fake pilots? cool.
Mcknizzle
No, there isn’t
Omnimorph2112
Live footage of the incident
happywalker
we don't want a repeat of the sealink incident :-P
TheLordDusty
Or the fire at Sea Parks
LanceCorporalBadger
FairylandTrashCollector
Cantankerous87
jesusisherelookbusy
OGymruOGymro
I ask myself that whenever I see Jack Whitehall...
SergeantDetritus
Windscreen wipers when it wasn't raining?
Grimmrog
ao, honeypots for hackers and honeybuttons for fake pilots?
NotThatOneTheOtherOne
Does any legitimate news outlet still allow this kind of clickbait headline? They never answer the question in the article either.
LittleOddGames
if they say which button he pushed all other fake pilots will know not to push it.
MarcUK
The answer is on page 10 of the article, and you need to load each page with 50 ads before the next page link appears...
IdiotPatrol
The answer will surprise you.
TheWeebleWobler
What button did he push and why is there such a button?
Mcknizzle
Buttons are used to start and/or stop an action. Buttons are provided when there is an action that needs to happen, but doesn’t need to
Mcknizzle
always happen. That decision is given to the person in charge of the button which is, in this case, the pilot.
ObliqueRay
If only we took things as seriously in the programming world. I've seen "professional" code that looked like it was written by a 10yr old.
tanebot
You mean as seriously as having a catastrophe button that is guarded only by the assumption that the pilot won't press it wrong?
ObliqueRay
I kid you not, I've seen a programmer with "a decade of experience" write code with no indentation whatsoever. Like BASIC.
skathir
Yep, that about tracks. It had to be beaten into most of us in our course. Function (ie “does it run, now?”) ALWAYS > form. Write only code.
PremiumCola
Smells like clickbait
Nognom
Why the hell is there that button then?
Mcknizzle
Buttons are used to turn things on and/or off. Cockpits have lots of them. They’re all there for a reason.
TomVickers
To turn on the small auxiliary turbine engine designed to provide high-pressure air and electricity when such faculties can't be provided.
swagb98623
To weed out the people with no self control
rcordell
1) WHAT WAS THE BUTTON?!?; and 2) WHY ARE THERE BUTTONS IN THE COCKPIT THAT A QUALIFIED PILOT SHOULD NOT PUSH ?!?
Mcknizzle
Buttons activate or deactivate actions that need to happen at a certain time. If it doesn’t always need to happen, a button can be used to
Mcknizzle
control when the desired action takes place.
Aeav8r
Generally if is red, or dusty, don't touch it. Though I can't think of any specific button that would tip off the other pilot. Especially 1/
Aeav8r
If he was good enough to lie for as long as he did. 2/2
Fluffometer
Was it the 'wings fall off' button?
404GravitassNotFound
It was the one that makes the divider travel all the way to the back making the whole plane first class.
ProfessorVanDiggenSagg
He turned off the mumble voice changer for the intercom.
OutlawGerman
Pfffft everyone in aviation knows that button has never been turned off in any commercial aircraft. Like it's rusted to the "on" position
BarryTheCyborg
It comes rusted from the factory. They don't even test it
OutlawGerman
Doesn't even have wires. Placebo effect lmfao
LanceCorporalBadger
Leave on schedule button
Infinias
I would press that button simply to see if it really does what it says!
jd48191
Fuel dump button
Oprean
That's used pretty often, if a plane needs to turn back to where it just took off
orbitn
if it's used pretty often on your flights, i need to know your schedule as to avoid the jinx cloud that follows you
flacoloco
the filange disposal bottom
somethingsomethingwittyhere
bikergeek6249
unapologetic05
Wow a Larson comic I’ve never seen!
Fluffometer
That's the one! Although clearly I forgot it was a switch instead of a button
thepuppeteer777
Self destruct?
orbitn
code 1-1-A
mardis
1-1-A-2-B
MrBinkiBobo
Up down left right A A B B select select start
orbitn
1-B-2-B-3
EvillBob