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rpmcb | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2023)

Aerospace design leader and pilot with over a decade of experience building products and teams that solve complex aerospace problems through user centered design. My work flies all day everyday on 80% of GA aircraft in the US, a majority of US Department of Defense aircraft, and 75% of airlines globally.

Location: Chicago

Remote: OK

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: UI/UX, Human Factors

Résumé/CV: www.ryanmcbride.org

Email: [email protected]

rpmcb | 7 years ago | on: Home-built 737 cockpit

The homebuilder cockpit community is an exciting and welcoming place for both newcomers and experienced builders.

The Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 are by far the most popular projects, but homebuilders have built hundreds of different flight decks of varying levels of complexity and realism.

One of my favorite groups is SimFest (http://www.simfest.co.uk/). They fly a 747 (homebuilt sim) around the world, stream it live, and raise money for charity.

For anyone interested in learning more, a few resources:

ProSim Aviation Research (https://prosim-ar.com/) - cockpit avionics software. Powers flight models and avionics screens for most 737 and A320 projects. Established, respected, and popular in the community.

FlightDeck Solutions (http://flightdecksolutions.com/) - Flight deck hardware. Both individual components and turn key solutions for 737/777/787/A320

Vier Im Pott (https://www.vier-im-pott.com/index.php/en/) - Flight deck hardware, A320 focused.

There are numerous other hardware manufacturers and software developers. A few good communities to check out if you're interested in learning more:

http://www.cockpitbuilders.com/ https://www.avsim.com/forums/forum/110-home-cockpit-builders...

rpmcb | 8 years ago | on: Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street

Boeing certainly tests in public airspace, but only as part of a standardized certification process overseen by the US government - a process and set of regulations that are written in blood.

Uber abides by no such testing standardization.

rpmcb | 11 years ago | on: Some American Airlines planes are grounded because the pilots’ iPads crashed

Eh, yes and no. The FAA requires operators to get approval for iPad EFBs individually, and does not require GA pilots to do any such thing. "Certified," however, has a special meaning in aviation. iPads are not certified hardware, period. Pilots must still use their aircraft avionics (which are certified) as their primary means of navigation. iPads can be supplemental only, for both general aviation and commercial operations.

rpmcb | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best big companies to work for?

As a former Groupon employee in Palo Alto (they acquired my startup this past year) I can tell you working from home is most definitely not "fine."

My startup was based in San Francisco. Even though Groupon has an office in the city, they mandated my entire team be in the Palo Alto office from day one.

The rest of the things you mention are spot on. Besides the commute issue I had no complaints.

rpmcb | 12 years ago | on: Deliberate Programming

I learned a while back that even if I'm going to use the exact code snippet I found on StackOverflow character for character, it's best to type it myself into my editor.

Copy and paste is faster, but manually typing it in forces me to really evaluate what exactly the snippet is doing.

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