Jurassic_Engineer

Congratulations! All the very best for your future training!

One of the most common reasons for deferring sentencing is the need for a pre-sentence report (PSR). This is a report that is completed by the Probation service to look in to the cause of offending, likelihood of reoffending and whether any Probation based interventions could be applied (e.g. community based work, Mental Health Treatment Requirements, Alcohol Treatement Requirements, etc.) PSRs are very useful when there is a background to the offending, e.g. as a result of drink or drug use, history of abuse etc. because it allows the sentencing to consider whether any mitigations can be put in place to alleviate the problems that led to offending in the first place, and hence reduce the probability of reoffending. Therefore PSRs are frequently requested if the offender is vulnerable, young, first time offender etc. I'm told that it used to be possible to get a PSR done on the same day, but in my experience which is limited to the last few years, these always take a day or two to organise and set up the appointment (this is frequently blamed on cuts to the Probation service and subsequently fewer probation officers available to undertake the required PSR interviews). Therefore, if a PSR is deemend to be necessary the sentencing will be adjourned (rescheduled) to a later date to allow for the PSR to be completed. Given it's been put back by a week, this would tally with the timescales of a PSR. Therefore, the typical timescale would be: Court Appearance 1: The defendent is asked if they are guilty/not guilty. If they plead guilty then sentencing can begin immediately. However, a magistrates/judge may request a PSR. Therefore, the case is adjourned and the defendent is scheduled to appear at a later date. Court Appearance 2: The magistrate/judge now has the PSR and can read it, alongside any information given by prosecution or defence to decide on the appropriate sentence.

You joke but airlines/manufacturers are currently investigating single pilot operation (i.e. only one pilot in the flight deck rather than two). There is a suggestion that as a stepping stone you could have a second person who has limited training to undertake basic operations under the direct supervision of the pilot (i.e. radio transmissions).

Just reading your list I was thinking....irritating, irritating, irritating, irritating...engines shut down - wait what?! Can you elaborate on that last one a bit?

Monday. I have worked a 4 day week for three years. Started with a Monday off and now, due to family commitments, have switched to Friday off. Much preferred Monday. Felt like a bonus day at the end of the weekend and always felt more productive - helped by the shops etc being open so you could actually get stuff done  (rather than the third day being a Sunday if you're taking Fridays off)

The moving dots in indeed difficult! Personally I found that with practice I could generally eyeball straight away whether is was <10 dots, 10-13, 13+ based on how "busy" it looked. I also found that grouping them in to threes and counting how many groups there were helped.

I often find in soft plays and climbing frames that there can be multiple unprotected drops/slides etc. which a toddler can access quickly from inside, but as a grown up running around the outside is a bit more difficult to keep up and make sure they don't launch themselves off something! Some soft plays have steps/barriers that split up the sections that small toddlers can't get over. That means I can stand at the end where the drop is, knowing they can't get to the other end where there might be other drops. In that case I'd generally prefer them not to be helped over the barrier. However, it does happen, particularly slightly older children like to help younger ones, so I just have to be keeping a close eye and ready to move if necessary! In summary, generally I'd suggest not helping out other children, but if you do it's not biggie and there should be a parent able to respond quickly regardless!

Generally breakdown companies require you to have a valid MOT.

I remember attending a lecture on this by James Wang. While it was interesting, he seemed more proud of the fact that his team were working themselves to the bone, than about the technical achievement of the prokect. This included one of his team skipping their own honeymoon to come back to work. The lecture was probably nearly a decade ago but it still sticks in my mind - and made sure I didn't want to work for AW/Leonardo when I was job searching!

As someone who has gone through a similar thought process a couple of years ago I concluded that I could stick with my well paying 9-5 job, and not spend time away from home, and use my free time and cash to fund an lot of private flying!