lazyboy97o
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I believe so but am less familiar with the specifics.Wasn't this settled after the last crash and NTSB said 'nah, it's transportation...' ?
I believe so but am less familiar with the specifics.Wasn't this settled after the last crash and NTSB said 'nah, it's transportation...' ?
Think a big question that probably can't be answered is: if FDOT were responsible for inspections in the past, would those incidents been prevented or foreseeable?I normally think so too, but if Disney is doing above the minimum, than what concern would there be?
Again, doors and panels falling off monorails in guest areas is not a hypothetical. It has happened. The monorails being past their intended service date is not a hypothetical. It has happened in the last five years far too much.
1. No one with a degree in engineering will accept a job with a starting salary of $38K. This is an entry level position that isn't necessarily doing the inspections we're talking about.
2. Note that additional education and training must be successfully completed in order for the incumbent to pass the probationary period.
The engineers and architects who designed state office buildings were PEs and NAAB certified. Only PEs in the state can sign and seal engineering designs.
Ah , Miami, the city that had $5B of cash reserves in Federal Bank / Miami in the 1980s from so many depositing their earned income from various businesses. .I’ve mentioned this before, but the State of Florida pays horribly low for many professionals.
Legal recruiters from the state regularly call her if she’d be interested in becoming an assistant state attorney.
She’s licensed in 3 jurisdictions, plus federal courts in two states, speaks two languages fluently, and has a decade of experience.
They offered her $41k. In Miami, the most expensive city in the state, and where corruption and illegal money are so powerful that state attorneys have been murdered.
More from the Orlando Sentinel -
"A Senate committee advanced a plan Tuesday that would allow for state inspections of the attraction’s 14.7-mile monorail, which averages an estimated 150,000 passengers a day."
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"FDOT inspects other tram systems in Florida, including the one at Orlando International Airport, said state Sen. Nick DiCeglie, R-Indian Rocks Beach, sponsor of the monorail plan.
Inspections will be scheduled at a time agreeable to both the state and Disney, he said. The measure gives the state the power to suspend service to ensure the safety and welfare of inspectors and passengers.
“If there are any safety issues, having a complete suspension is really going to be an action of last resort,” DiCeglie said."
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Florida Senate panel OKs Disney World monorail inspections
Disney World’s monorail system is poised to get state oversight as Gov. Ron DeSantis battles the theme park giant.www.orlandosentinel.com
So who inspects the hogwarts express?
Disney needs to move ALL their business to another State and just pay the property tax on the land so nothing else can be built there.This is being discussed in the RCID thread, but probably worth a thread of its own.
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DeSantis moves to bring state safety oversight of the Walt Disney World Monorail including suspending the service for inspections
DeSantis moves to bring state safety oversight of the Walt Disney World Monorail including suspending the service for inspectionswww.wdwmagic.com
The MCO Automated People Mover also runs on a cable and is inspected by FDOT. Actually, it is a very similar system as the Hogwarts Express.It runs on a cable.
If you don't like my previous analogies because you get off at the same place you got on, then the Harambe train to Rafiki's Planet Watch.
No one has weaponized inspectors for I-4It seems some here question the ability and integrity of State employees to perform inspects yet I bet you travel every day on State roads and bridges and think nothing about who inspects them.
"States are responsible for insuring all public highway bridges within the State are inspected in accordance with the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS), including those owned by local Agencies or other public authorities (23 USC 151 and 23 CFR 650, Subpart C)".
The monorail is constructed no different than many concrete bridges. I could care less who inspects them as long as they are and maintained.
It can be argued the change in proposed on/off ramps near Disney is weaponizationNo one has weaponized inspectors for I-4
I miss visiting Crossroads and feel for all who lost their jobs, businesses forced to close etcIt can be argued the change in proposed on/off ramps near Disney is weaponization
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The demolished Crossroads area will no longer be used as a ramp into Hotel Plaza Blvd and Disney Springs in new FDOT plan
The demolished Crossroads area will no longer be used as a ramp into Hotel Plaza Blvd and Disney Springs in new FDOT planwww.wdwmagic.com
Mco trams have an onboard motor instead of a cableThe MCO Automated People Mover also runs on a cable and is inspected by FDOT. Actually, it is a very similar system as the Hogwarts Express.
You have been warned repeatedly to limit posts to the specific topic, and to reply without name calling, insults, etc. Posters who continue this behavior will not be allowed to participate.
Most posters have taken a "just the facts" stance which has kept the discussion civil. But a few just can't seem to control themselves.If you had a nickel every time you had to post that warning you would have a lot of nickels.
No, it isn't. The things that need to be fixed aren't so urgent to be worth legitimizing the transparent political gamesmanship. Republicans are always the ones arguing against regulation and standards. Did their core principles change? Of course they didn't. That's why these carve-outs are so specific. You want to change the way businesses like Disney are regulated, cool, I have no issue with that -- but supporting this is just giving cover for a political play. Do you really think Disney is such a horrible offender that it needs laser-targeted legislation to halt a campaign of grievous public harm without any meaningful change in the way the state otherwise approaches the regulation of industry?I hope so. I think Disney needs a kick in the pants about some of these things, and while I get that maybe DeSantis is being petty, if all of this shines a spotlight on certain things that need to be fixed, that's a good thing in my book.
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