The day job has me booked seven days in a row starting this afternoon at 1600. Work on the bench will slow a little toward the end of the seven for no other reason after four days I will be dog ass tired and needing a break with three more to go. With no hiccups I'll leave the house at 1430 to start the brief at 1600, in the Sim at 1700. Out of the Sim 2100 and finish de-briefing by 2130. Records finished by 2200 and home between 2230 and 2300. A couple of hours geeking, scratching doggie butt and a whisky before bed, up no later than 0500, usually 0400. Repeat for seven. Someday I'll learn how to mail it in but it hasn't happened yet.
ken
(Half-lap)/half-blind dovetail.
ReplyDeleteSawing proud and paring after removing most of the waste, that's the way I made my first drawer.
A lot bigger here.
I see you have a rag in can 'à la Paul Sellers'.
Your are experiencing jet-lag with such time table.
Sylvain
Sylvain,
DeleteYep, not quite a Condor tail but a little bigger than a normal dovetail :-).
I used to use a wood box with a wick in it but it would leak oil onto the bench, then I saw PS using a V-8 can and thought "hey, I have some of those". No leaks on the bench.
I know poor me but after 3 or 4 days in a row I start dragging. Back in the the day I could do 6 to 10 time zones in a day with no problem but I was younger, getting old isn't pretty :-).
ken
Does the sim run 24/7? Those are crazy civilian hours to work. Still not as bad as port & stupid on submarine med cruise. 7 months straight of 6 on and 6 off
ReplyDeleteRalph,
DeleteSylvain has it correct, the Sims cost as much as the airplane and run 23 hours a day 7 days a week. The 24th hour is used for required inspections and maintenance. I'm use to it, I've spent my whole life working around the clock so it is not a big deal, where it becomes a big deal is when there are too many of those days in a row.
ken
Flight simulators are very expensive and need to be profitable. Without oversight and flight operator pressure, the sim operator would barely take the time to maintain them; making a correct/complete training impossible.
ReplyDelete6h on 6h off, I guess that is why in French a watch is called a "quart" (1/4 of a day).
Although this article suggest it is because of 4 (quatre) hours watches:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quart_(marine).
Sylvain
Sylvain,
DeleteYou are correct, by FAA regulation the Sim is required to be down for inspection and maintenance one hour out of 24. In addition any malfunction has to be treated just like it is in the airplane and IAW the MEL (Minimum Equipment List).
ken