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Posted on 01/01/2024 3:33:00 PM PST by grundle
What no DEI?
Who opposes? Those who know they are not qualified, but want the money and prestige anyway.
The problem was that the original design had long bolts supporting BOTH walkways (one walkway was directly above the other). A single long bolt would have had BOTH walkways bolted to it. Each walkway would only need to support it’s own weight.
The installation process would have required installing the topmost walkway through the long bolts, then installing the bottom walkway through the long bolts.
The contractor did not believe that they would be able to do that without damaging the threads on the long bolts to the point where they wouldn’t be able to install the lower walkway.
A design change was made and the new design had the top walkway supported by shorter bolts that did not continue below the top walkway. Additional bolts were added to the top walkway to support the bottom walkway.
Now the top walkway had to support the bottom walkway, which it was NEVER designed to do....and so it collapsed.
What I refer to as “bolts” may be more commonly known as “all thread rod”.
Don’t you realize how racist this all is?
Absolutely.
Same here. Even if I knew the pilots were competent I wouldn't want to be in the company of a plane load of nasty libs.
They’re acting irrationally and unreasonably.
The walkways were designed to be suspended from the ceiling by a series of continuous hanger rods that ran through all of them and transferred all the weight directly to the ceiling. The company that was supposed to fabricate them objected to the original design because it would have required the rods to be threaded for their entire length in order to screw on the nuts that would hold each walkway deck in place.
The engineer on the project allowed them to revise the design so that each walkway floor was suspended from the one above it by a separate set of rods bolted in place to the floor deck above it. This resulted in an overload on the top walkway deck because it was being forced to hold up its own weight plus the weight of all the walkways below it.
The Wikipedia article on the subject has a good illustration showing how the design change altered the load on the bolted connections and the rods.
Meritocracy is rewarded in the area that matters least: sports.
My favs-
Air traffic controllers
Airplane mechanics
Teachers
Presidents
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/21/spanish-transport-secretary-resigns-new-renfe-trains-too-big-for-tunnels
So much for "measure twice, cut once".
October 2023:
Cruise Hid Video of Woman Being Dragged Along San Francisco Street, DMV Says:
https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/24/cruise-robotaxi-dmv-suspension-video/
November 2023:
After robotaxi dragged pedestrian 20 feet, Cruise founder and CEO resigns: GM-owned Cruise "failed to disclose" full video and key crash details, DMV said.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/after-robotaxi-dragged-pedestrian-20-feet-cruise-founder-and-ceo-resigns/
December 2023:
GM’s Cruise slashes more than 900 jobs after recalling robotaxis. Autonomous vehicle unit cuts about a quarter of its workforce as it moves to reduce costs and remake itself after accident:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/14/cruise-layoffs-robotaxi-recall-gm
Danica Patrick has entered the chat:
I counted three.
You are now imprisoned for life, the three-strikes law!
Yes, I remember a bit better now. I hadn’t thought of this for years, so my memory was a little fuzzier than I care to admit (BG).
Racist.
Fly Japan airlines....
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1742115546307396001
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