You can still use Calibre to remove & decrypt the files via USB from a Kindle.

Every aircraft that I've ever flown has an alphabetical keyboard. Typically horizontal space is valuable, yet vertical space is less valuable, so it's easy to make the keyboard long but not wide. However, as others pointed out, it seems to be changing in newer jets.

I wasn’t in a phase where I desired meeting either of those groups, so while volunteering was a positive experience, the social aspect of it was not.

I actually felt a little guilty volunteering-- the selection process was a little competitive and I didn't want somebody who wanted to get a start in their career turned away.

To me, it seems that word came down from high that "you must do auto reviews at Ars" and they are complying with the least amount of effort possible.

Now, as part of the chargeback process the merchant may cancel your subscription, but they’re also likely to ban you as a customer from ever using their services again.

The only way to stop the CVR from recording is to depower the airplane (which is one of the steps you take prior to an emergency evacuation) or to pull the circuit breaker if the airplane needs to stay powered.

A pilot would never pull the circuit breaker without confirmation from management or safety to do so. It’s just not done routinely. Depending on the airline, it may not even be the pilot’s responsibility to do so. Every airline has a binder (likely, several binders) full of procedures to follow after a NTSB-reportable accident. No one person is expected to do the job of many.

In the mid-90s, when they updated the 737 to the Next Generation, they opted to stay with the six-pack recall light system that every 737 pilot hates. Same in the Max. Too expensive to change and would likely require a new type rating.

The A320 was such a technological leap forward in commercial aviation. Boeing wasn’t able to match it until the introduction of the 777, almost a decade later.