Would have to see the math used. As a side note, I'm a pilot and accurate distance is critical to safe flights.
Planes measure available safe flight distance (great circle distance) based on consumption per hour. To know the duration, you have to know your speed and distance. You then use this to calculate the minimum required fuel plus FAA mandatory reserves. This in turn effects weight.
Carrying extra weight in fuel means wasted money on the weight (as it changes your angle of attack). If anything odd were going on here, it would require all pilots and airlines be involved in a conspiracy.
I'm definitely no expert on fuel usage requirements or flight times between the old world and south america. Basically that particular item stuck out to me in a video I watched a cpl years ago as them having some valid points. To summerize they were basically stating that the flight times between europe and africa to south america were too long to foot with flight times from them to north america. It was several years ago, so I don't remember specifics, but do remember thinking, "that's very weird if true". Either way it wasn't enough to convince me the world is indeed flat.
That's the trick. They always offer tidbits which sound plausible but which the average person won't know.
For example, they claim the earth is flat else planes would fly into space without constant pilot correction. As pilots don't constantly correct, the earth is therefore flat.
But this assumes you know nothing of barometric pressure, how altimeters function, and FAA rules for the kollsman window.
https://aviationglossary.com/kollsman-window-altimeter/
The devil is in the detail and they are betting you don't know the details.
Agreed, and it's not just flat earthers that do it. It's both political parties, the media, dr. Fauci, religion, the nazitards on this board, the qfags, critical race theory retards and probably your attorney, doctor, accountant and anyone else that is relied on for the details, even if they are relatively honest.
You complain about the offering of tidbits, then you offer a tidbit. You imply that understanding how altimeters work explains away adjustments in altitude, then you explain nothing.
Classic jew tricks on this one. Not saying you are one, simply that you are wearing a jews clothes in this comment.
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