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Pilot rules (pawb.social)
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[-] [email protected] 188 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Higher res image of the chat UwU

[-] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago

Thank you! I actually hid the post after I made it at first because I realized it was hard to read. But I saw it had gotten an upvote in the few seconds it was up so I restored it.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The username in the second one changes from SKW4238 to SKY4238, so (at least) that one is fake.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

~~That's the flight management computer, it does waypoint navigation/autopilot. As far as I know it doesn't do chat to other planes. So all fake~~

See reply, I am wrong.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACARS

Apparently it is a thing, but I don't know how long the messages can be or what they "usually" look like, nor do I trust these screenshots.

[-] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The twitter user is an actual commercial pilot, and ACARS messages do look like that. Not sure what's up with SKW2438/SKY2438 but otherwise it seems legit. I think faking it would be harder than actually doing this.

Edit: Here's a picture of a much longer message in a more professional, non furry rp context:

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

Considering pilots shitpost on guard to the extent that actual emergencies threatening lives are literally not able to be heard… I don’t doubt this lol

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[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Turn off bleed air and vent the cabin. The suction cup should release if the pressure is low enough.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Pretty sure ACARS doesn't include [X is typing] messages

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

That is a good point.

Except that that might explain the slightly different alias on that line. Maybe it's a message just like the rest, sent for the sake of the meme, and the alias just happened to get typed incorrectly...

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

more professional

big black dildo

Maybe I need to be more professional.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Hey now, they used the indefinite article. The pilot typed a dildo and not their dildo.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I stand corrected, thank you.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago
[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Don't be sad, I was wrong. It can do chat. You go get your pilots licence and furry roleplay to your hearts content :D

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

The messages also just don't match. Left one just says "Hiii" but the right one says "hiii how is"

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It looks like two different computers to me.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
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[-] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

If Crowdstrike crashes systems on the plane Im traveling on this is exactly who I want in the cockpit - someone with sys admin skills.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Don't worry, any flight control computer used on commercial airliners is based on such ancient tech, that it wouldn't even be able to run Crowdstrike.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I know, but I needed my furry joke to work.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Why would crowdstrike be anywhere on an airplane control system?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Bcs their original business was air-to-crowd weaponry.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I assume this was an attempt at a pun because I'm not sure what the fuck you're talking about.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, I apologise, my attempt at linking their company's name to terrorist acts over crowds of people have indeed been a joke (not a pun tho).

[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Like that guy who writes uwu on the plane gas tanks

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

This poor cat has not had its face squished enough.

In the next meme. This cat will be 3 pixels tall and 1024 pixels wide.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

w i d e cat

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago
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