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[fights4users]

I have reached the peak of comedy

[nocek]

ipad baby reinvents a poke the bear game :P

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Missiles and Meal Service: The Hidden Toll of Flying in War-zones

Common occupational hazards in aviation; the not so new flight deck stressors would encompass turbulence, delayed pushbacks, and that one passanger having an issue with someone reclining their seat (this is so very common, believe me). Let’s not forget another one who thinks the seatbelt sign doesn’t apply to them while on active runway (because they are just itching for a snack they left inside their carry-on luggage in the overhead bin. Opens bin, then bag falls off on them and everyone around. SMH)

Back to business. Pilots and cabin crew flying over the Middle East lately, especially in and out of Qatar, well, there’s a new, less subtle source of anxiety: missile attacks. Who doesn’t know the news by now?

Yes, flying into Doha these days might involve dodging airspace closures, U.S. airbase targets, and the occasional Iranian and Israeli news. Glamorous, right?

Very.

While passengers worry about delayed in-flight meals and Wi-Fi speeds being too slow or disconnecting , the crew up front and in the aisles are dealing with something much much heavier: the psychological toll of flying through a region where geopolitics are very unpredictable, stormy, and always just over the horizon.

What Happened in Qatar Exactly, you ask?

In resent years, we’ve witnessed sensitive airspaces and in response, airlines have shut down their airspaces. Flights being rerouted faster than a teenager dodging chores have become commonplace, and airline dispatchers around the world had one collective panic attack.

Now just imagine this. Inflight, flight crew are prepping beverage carts while air defence systems light up the radar. Boom-Chaka-Boom! Just another day in the skies.

Cabin Pressure: Flying with a Side of Adrenaline

Yes, crew (deck crew and cabin crew) are trained to handle demarcates, but war is not an average Emmergency! It’s one thing to worry about fuel efficiency. It’s another to fly over a region where missiles are a real-time hazard.

There is a huge difference between trusting an aircraft, the team, and trusting geopolitics.

Constant anticipatory anxiety.

Hypervigilance, even on layovers.

The unsettling knowledge that their aircraft might share airspace with defense drones, military jets, and… well, more missiles.

Hospitality Meets Hostility

Cabin crew, as you know, are the face of calm, smile and all. Even so, smiling while you serve fish, beef and a gluten free meal on a flight skimming a conflict zone? That’s dark art right there.

Results:

Crew becoming emotionally disconnected from their jobs.

Guilt when evacuating people while others are left behind. 2020 clears throat!

Luxury inflight service inside a pressure cooker floating mid air at 40,000 feet while those on ground are ducking. Definately dystopian!

More Fuel, More Detours, More Fatigue

Yep! Practical stress:

Flights being rerouted to avoid hot zones, adding hours to duty time.

Longer flight hours mean more fatigue, which affects both performance and emotional bandwidth.

There’s no glamour-AT ALL in a 15 hour turnaround because there is no clearance to land.

What Airlines Are Maybe doing

Critical Incident Stress Management teams.

Therapy appointments.

Pre and post dispatch briefings.

Even so, lots of crews feel out of the loop. Why you ask?Because, you get the news that you’re flying a risky zone when you’re already on it.

Hidden Costs: Forget Fuel and Insurance

Mental Health RiskWhat It Looks LikePTSD or traumaFlashbacks, fawning, sleep interruptions, avoidanceBurnoutEmotional numbness, lack of purposeAnxietyReccuring worry, overanalysing proceduresIsolationFeeling detached and lack of support on layovers or at home

These risks don’t show up on a flight log, but hey, they impact safety, morale, and retention. We talk about maintaining aircraft fatigue limits. What about crew fatigue limits?

Where Do We Go From Here?

How about a Flight Plan for Mental Health in Conflict Zones:

Transparent Security Briefings.

Weight & balance before takeoff is paramount, so is mental health balance.

Flight Debriefs After High-Stress Flights.

Better Global Oversight, meaning ICAO, IATA and other relevant bodies must update protocols for mental wellness involving high-risk routes.

Bottom line, pilots and cabin crew are indeed professionals for they train, adapt, and make sure to get the job done. But, they are people too and not robots. People who fly into the world’s most dangerous zones with nothing more than a safety manual and nerves of steel.

We owe them patience, understanding, protection and genuine support as they navigate war zones with grit and grace.

Fly safe. Check on your crew friends, and just maybe skip the missile jokes during boarding.

Source: Missiles and Meal Service: The Hidden Toll of Flying in War-zones

[mitskiluvr]

this dialogue with akechi is set up the same way as the dialogue you get with all ur lady confidants right before you date them Do you know how funny that is. “I need to give him a serious answer…” as if he’s just proposed to you on the streets of kichijoji

[rexwrendraws]

My Encom Trio contribution for @tronfashionzine !! 🔸 Read the digital zine FOR FREE here !!

[lordfries]

early flynn os tron my beloved

[skleech]

sorryyy can never stop thinking about that scene where for a brief moment during his hallucination Beck sees Clu and the possible implications for that like. hey man what-

[3-inch-doodles]

it's gotta be so hard to sleep on your boyfriend when he glows in the dark but they managed it somehow

[vppacer]

Stickers of Tron helmets. from left to right, Paige, mara, zed, beck/the renegade, Tron (sum close ups ↓)

[wynandcore]

Insane about this

[huntress-the-wolf]

my rinzler cat hoodie

i actually finished it a while ago but forgot to post it

[sugarjellybear]

Got bored an made little bit earrings

They’re my pride and joy

[fights4users]

The fact bit was supposed to come back in the end hurts. As the movie is no he just sort of disappears once Flynn crashes the reconizer but the script and novelization imply he goes to Tron, Yori and Dumont rather enthusiastic? He’s just a little guy :( he needs someone to take care of him

[what-bot]

Thinking about groups of wild Bits acting similarly to bird flocks.

They do a YES at regular intervals for contact calls. They go in order of when they first joined the group, and at the same time each time. If one spots danger or the one before it hasn’t pinged it goes NO and they all flee like pigeons

They also keep within a defined range of motion from each other

[7567s]

Tron + X-Men collab bc I said so :)

[rockabye-rinzler]

wip im hoping to finish soon

[coupleofdays]

I've been thinking recently of this scene in Tron: Legacy, where Kevin repairs Quorra's damage by going through her code:

I've previously written about how I think the ISOs were created by the Grid somehow interacting with Kevin's genetic material, which caused it to generate complex digital lifeforms on its own. In the clip above, we can clearly see that Quorra's "code" is visualized in the form of a genetic helix (possibly a triple helix?), and Kevin repairs it by pulling out a piece of this helix and letting it fly away.

Now, consider another theory I have, that the "Bits" in the original movie are in fact small fragments of Programs, and that they "belong" to a particular Program (so the Bit we see in the beginning is Clu's Bit, for example).

But if ISOs aren't made of "zeroes and ones", I.E. Bits in a sequence, but of genetic code, I.E. amino acids (or whatever their digital equivalent would be) in a sequence (that are then the "code" for the construction of proteins)...

...then might the small piece that Kevin pulls out from Quorra's genetic code, that flutters away like a butterfly, be the ISO equivalent to a Bit? A small sequence of amino acids, perhaps a codon of three acids? And would this mean that, instead of saying "YES" and "NO" like a Program Bit, an ISO Codon can speak through various combinations of the letters A, C, G, T and U?