User talk:192.246.0.76

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Hi. See Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers for tips on editing here. If you plan to stick around, you might wish to choose a user name and log in. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 22:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your question on my user page. As we have lots of not logged in editors passing through and not comming back, I don't always go into detailed explanations. I'm sorry if I seemed abrupt. I removed the statement "New Orleans celebrated its first Mardi Gras with parades in 1836" as it is misleading-- it certainly wasn't the first Mardi Gras celebrated in the city. As for parading, the newspaper account of the major parade of 1836 seems to be the first we have details of, but was not necessarily the first parade. Note we have a New Orleans Mardi Gras article, a Battle of New Orleans article, and multiple articles dealing with Hurricane Katrina, the effect on New Orleans, and the levee failures. Articles like "History of New Orleans" are intended to give a general overview, extra details go into the related articles about specific topics. For example the statement about unknown location of British dead might be appropriate to explain and discuss in the Battle of New Orleans article, but probably isn't a key fact in an introduction to New Orleans. If there is disagreement among editors as to organizing articles and what goes in them, we can discuss on the article talk page. Again, thanks for asking, it's always good to have more ediors interested in improving coverage of historical topics. Again, I encourage you to choose a name and log in. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 14:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits to Comair Flight 191

Thanks for your contributions. It is very important that you cite your sources on Wikipedia, especially for edits like this one and this one. Facts do not appear in a vacuum; they must come from somewhere. Please help us out by citing your source for these edits. Thanks.--chris.lawson 16:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for citing a source. We just need one more citation there, for the claim that the pilots would have been "required" to use their instruments for takeoff. Even when flying under IFR, 14 CFR Part 121 forbids zero-zero (zero ceiling, zero visibility) takeoffs. Furthermore, unless in operating in IMC, pilots are still required to "see and avoid" terrain, obstacles, and other aircraft, meaning the pilot flying should have been looking outside during the takeoff roll, while the pilot not flying (in this case, the captain) should have been both monitoring the instruments and outside. While your point that the pilots should have checked the instruments (and realised their error prior to beginning the takeoff roll) is well-taken -- in fact, I agree with you, perhaps there's a better way to express it.--chris.lawson 17:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes, please switch it around so it will convey the point that the weather, the darkness, and the rules should have directed their eyes to the instruments that would have shown them their error while conforming with what you know to be correct. Somehow, their confidence that they were going in the right direction was boosted by factors not yet seen to the public. You can't fly VRF if there's no V, and I'm not aware of any other method that would permit talkeoff IFR.
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