Why don’t they fit head up displays in civil aircraft?
It’s not an expensive thing to do these days with technology. Perhaps horizon, climb and speed at a minimum.
Would that help with disorientation?

I think I am right in saying that the driver of the vehicle which hits the one in front is deemed the guilty party. But in terms of insurance it makes no difference anyway.

I think everyone is at fault. When I drive I am aware of the conditions and the traffic behind me.
These pile ups are caused as much by the car in front not driving correctly and slamming the brakes on, then the tailgaters behind who slam into him.
By allowing plenty of space in front I can prevent the car behind rear ending me. I can break more progressively and,
if the car behind is half asleep he / she has more time to react.

When I’m on the motorway and see the traffic suddenly slowing down ahead or in an emergency, I may break harder initially to reduce my speed fast, then ease off the brakes to extend my stopping distance.
I find this alerts the cars behind which may be watching my rear end and not the traffic. They see me braking, react, but then have time to stop as I am now easing off, extending the distance.
If I get a tail-gater, a bad tail-gater I slow down. Normally this causes them to overtake.
Fog, heavy rain, bad conditions, winter sun glare I just slow down.
The way I think of it is this. No matter who is at fault if my cars damaged I’m off the road and I’m out of pocket. Better to avoid in the first place.

I would have to agree with that. People seem to have forgotten that the aim of driving is to get from A to B safely, not – `before the other guy`.

I agree in principle but disagree that it will have the desired effect.
I was told but a member of an animal sanctuary I worked at for a while that female Badgers always have one up the spout, so to speak.
When a member of their set dies the female knocks one out again. So in order for the cull to be effective the whole family has to be destroyed.
Secondly the majority of Badgers do not carry TB so their cull is unnecessary.
Thirdly TB infected meat can be introduced into the food chain legally.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351847/Cows-TB-entered-human-food-chain-Infected-meat-served-schools-hospitals-military.html
However I have to go with what the farmers decide as it’s ultimately their deal.

What I don’t understand is why cattle are not immunized against TB, foot and mouth and all the other diseases.
If it’s for public health reasons then how about cleaning up the food chain first.
Horse meat anyone?

Do you have some callsigns? It’s just a jumble of aircraft??

The problem with building escape systems is weighing up the cost of implementation versus, the probability of a major catastrophe necessitating the system actually being used.
If there was an escape system on the twin towers would you actually have used it? Would you have anticipated the building collapsing? What if the system had been damaged in the attack, people who survived may have fell to their deaths.
The flip side of all this being how many people would kill themselves trying to use the system when the safest thing to do would be to stay in the building?
I think the best thing to do is design a building that doesn’t collapse regardless of what happens to it although protecting against an act of terrorism is pretty difficult to do.

Easier still buy an answer machine and don’t pick up the calls.

I’m sure they will be friends again when they want something, or need to flog us something.
As for intel, just check out Wikileaks.