Coligny said...

Coligny at 11:24 AM JST - 23rd March

ebisen... yes thinking aboot saving the plane should be a priority, for the good reason that it's usually the only way to save the people inside said plane...

Pilot do sometimes crash on purpose, usually it involve avoiding collateral damage if the plane crash in a more populated place.

Posted in FedEx plane crashes on landing at Narita airport; pilot, co-pilot killed at 11:24 AM JST - 23rd March
Coligny at 09:36 AM JST - 23rd March

Crash landing is a crash happening during the landing phase. I don't think it imply beeing forecasted or not.(read, sometime you crash land because you are already on fire during approach, sometimes you crash land because you hit a train on the runway.). "ditching" would be used for a more…

Posted in FedEx plane crashes on landing at Narita airport; pilot, co-pilot killed at 09:36 AM JST - 23rd March
Coligny at 10:37 AM JST - 23rd July

Yeah... but to understand better the extend of the problem... A japanese Md/Phd when placed in first-world scientific institution is barely good enough to feed the lab rats and be the xerox-girl. This and their bad reputation as being spies of their emperor (quite proved with that army guy once…

Posted in High-level skills abroad don't guarantee job in Japan at 10:37 AM JST - 23rd July
Coligny at 10:24 AM JST - 23rd July

German branded made in china junk...

Not that Chinese product are all junk... when they directly brand them they are quite good. But when they are subcontracted by euro/us firms who want the lowest price possible it turn to a nightmare. I now prefere buying directly from Hongkong.

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Posted in Itochu to check for flaws in baby strollers at 10:24 AM JST - 23rd July
Coligny at 12:55 PM JST - 22nd July

I think they are. Maybe depend of your definition of paramedics. But when called they try to act first, carry back later. (painfull experience and memory here)

Posted in Medical priority system handled badly at Akihabara rampage scene at 12:55 PM JST - 22nd July
Coligny at 11:45 AM JST - 22nd July

There was a lot of victims, but the number was manageable, the situation with the assaillant was under control. Lots of paramedic were on the scene. Misclassification of a stab wound seen as a car accident is absolutely ridiculous. Some people should lose their job here (and not just say…

Posted in Medical priority system handled badly at Akihabara rampage scene at 11:45 AM JST - 22nd July
Coligny at 11:24 AM JST - 22nd July

And birds will start to fall of the sky in the name of ecology and fuel saving...

Flying a jet is one of the thing you want to do properly... not by cutting corners... especially not "saving fuel" by changing the method for slowing down at landing... not with pilot…

Posted in ANA to add winglets to 767-300ER fleet at 11:24 AM JST - 22nd July
Coligny at 02:20 PM JST - 21st July

Westurn, no I wont... any auto ranking not having german or japanese cars in most of their top category is rubbish propaganda.

Posted in Chrysler makes its mark in Japan at 02:20 PM JST - 21st July
Coligny at 02:11 PM JST - 21st July

Those light bulbs are the same hazardous level as standard fluorescent tube arounds since the begining of times (or so it seems). It's not a new threat it's just the only twist that people who are against CFL found because it remove them the freedom of beeing energy hogs and…

Posted in Toshiba's bulb-shaped fluorescent lamps shipments top 100 million at 02:11 PM JST - 21st July
Coligny at 04:23 PM JST - 19th July

American cars are rubbish, let's be honest." No, your post is rubbish. American cars recently had the most auto's in the top 3 categories of "US news and world reports" most recent rankings ! I mean 8 out of 12 in some groups ! Not bad for a buncha rubbish…

Posted in Chrysler makes its mark in Japan at 04:23 PM JST - 19th July