[Captain Peter Blood]

As we all know the Boeing 747 has one of the best safety records in commercial aircraft. There have and I repeat there has never been a verified report of any problems with the central fuel tank on a 747, much less any recorded and verified explosions of the central fuel tank due to fumes or anything else.
The FAA is mandating this to cover their sorry butts because they could not explain what happened to Flight 800 off Long Island. Also the airlines don't have the estimated $250 Million to retofit all those planes.
This whole thing is a Crock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eno_]

You and I already gave the airlines $15B after 9/11. And we now pick up the tab for airport "security," (laugh bitterly here) whether we fly or not. $250M to route to some senator's wife's employer in the "center fuel tank explosion prevention" business is chump change in D.C.