User talk:RickyCourtney

Burbank-Airport South station

How do you edit the frequency of trains at Burbank-Airport South station? I found out recently that the northbound Coast Starlight skips this station. Endrias Kassa (talk) 23:08, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

@Endrias Kassa  Fixed. RickyCourtney (talk) 20:33, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Crew Dragon capacity

Hey Rick, I appreciate all of your contributions to spaceflight pages.

I'm curious if you have a source for asserting 2-4 crew on Dragon. That is what it has carried for crewed missions, but given it is capable of autonomous flight, as demonstrated with Crew Dragon Demo-1, and SpaceX.com states that it is capable of "up to seven astronauts". I'm not asserting seven as normal, but it has proven no minimum crew required.

Thanks. Alpacaaviator (talk) 00:01, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Hey. Yeah, I get your point and perhaps there is a better way to display this, but when there is a crew, two to four would be the “normal capacity.”

Ahead of the Crew-9 mission, Nick Hague gave a great interview on the NASA podcast about the work that had to take place when it went from a four to a two person mission and he had to take on the pilot and the commander role as a single person, the challenges of that, the limitations of what Aleksandr Gorbunov could assist with.

I was also struck by this social post from future Dragon passenger Chun Wang: “I was once told that the Dragon is fully automatic, and all you needed to know is how to put out a fire, and you’d be ready to fly. Until a few weeks ago, I received 2.8 GB of learning materials. Not only do you need to understand every detail of the spacecraft and countless procedures, but you must also learn how to administer injections and even perform urinary catheterization in a weightless environment. It’s nuts.”

So I guess what I’m getting at is, it paints a picture that, if there are passengers aboard it’s not really a fully autonomous spacecraft (likely because the safety requirements are so much higher). To borrow a phrase from Elon’s other company, perhaps it’s best to describe it as Full Self Flying (Supervised). Beyond that, the interview with Hague makes it sound like in NASAs opinion, the supervisory workload is too high for one person alone.

But yes, the cargo dragon is inherently uncrewed. RickyCourtney (talk) 00:28, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:44, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

pictures on the UA article.

Hello Ricky. I appreciate your dedication and work you put into Wikipedia. However, I would like to discuss something that seems to be taken the wrong way. About a week or two ago I tried to post the interior of a 737-900 on the United Airlines article but it got removed by you. I am confused on why it was because the 737-900s are a big part of United's fleet and have been ever since the Continental merger in 2010 as they inherited them from Continental at that time and the one I posted had a clear view of all the necessities such as the aisles, seats and tv's. Also, the premium plus seat is a pic of just a seat and the 787 interior had already been used once and the article should be pics of a variety of different fleets they have which is all i was trying to execute. Hopefully you understand by intent now since I have done the best I think I could've done to explain myself. Thanks for your attention and your continued contributions to making wikipedia a better place for all. Gymrat16 (talk) 01:27, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

The section is about United’s different cabins. The international premium plus seat is fundamentally very different than any of the other seats and the image helps illustrate the difference and as such deserves a place on the page. It’s not a perfect picture, but it’s the best available at the moment. The Economy Plus picture you’re referring to illustrates nearly the exact same cabin as the image of the Economy cabin on the 787 directly above it. If the image showed the difference in pitch between Economy and Economy Plus, I could see including the image. Otherwise, the “product” (the seats) are the same. Also, while your goal of diversifying the images across fleet types is admirable, image quality should still be of the highest importance. I hope that explains my thinking. RickyCourtney (talk) 14:10, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

alright man I get what you're saying about the international; premium seat but what you're saying about the economy nad economy plus still isn't making sense because the 787 and 737s have a much different interior since the 787 is much bigger and the image quality tbh i thought was fine because it shows a wide part of the plane rather than just one section Gymrat16 (talk) 14:56, 9 December 2024 (UTC)