The Flick -- A term used by air traffic controllers to describe a mental model representing the current and future positions of air traffic in a section of airspace. Controllers visualize the paths of multiple aircraft in terms of position, altitude, trajectory and speed. Controllers also refer to this as "having the picture." But the picture moves -- like a movie -- hence the term “the flick.”
Monday, April 18, 2011
Best Line for Today 4-18-11
I’m behind so it isn’t from today -- just my “today”.
Lost Heritage
”So, has Heritage declined and lost its way? Actually, no — it was always like this.
And one of the unexpected benefits of the whole budget fiasco might be that Washington conventional wisdom starts to realize that there’s not a lot of thinking going on at these tanks.”
Yes, of course he’s talking about the Heritage Foundation.
Oh, if only I could borrow Krugman’s brain for about a month. Maybe we could get some things straightened out in the FAA. Oh, wait a minute...the powers-that-be don’t listen to him either do they? Sigh.
Don Brown
April 18, 2011
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