To: naturalman1975
Ouch. That’s going to leave a mark. On their careers.
2 posted on
12/19/2009 2:05:04 PM PST by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: naturalman1975
Beware the deadly typo.
Shouldn't the computer have told the pilots that they weren't gaining velocity fast enough?
6 posted on
12/19/2009 2:13:41 PM PST by
TChad
To: naturalman1975
I’m thinking that there is a design error in addition to pilot error. If that much of a difference can be caused by a single key stroke mistake, the there needs to be at least some form of accuracy check on the data input.
To: naturalman1975
I don’t understand the “limited power takeoff”. It is entering a possibility for error. I assume you enter weight of aircraft, length of runway, altitude, temperature and the computer takes care of the power settings. Much better to just cram as much power out of the engines as possible and gain a margin for error says I. Ok I know you gain some fuel savings and perhaps engine life savings but look how much this cost. They dumped full tanks of fuel, bent the airplane and lost prestige for the airline. What does that cost is relation to the fuel savings provided by the puter?
12 posted on
12/19/2009 2:28:49 PM PST by
DariusBane
(Even the Rocks shall cry out "Hobamma to the Highest")
To: naturalman1975
I can't believe they didn't do an accelleration check. Ye gods, we were doing those forty years ago with stopwatches. Mechanical stopwatches.
16 posted on
12/19/2009 3:00:41 PM PST by
Grut
To: naturalman1975
IF IT AIN’T BOEING, I AIN’T GOING!!
25 posted on
12/19/2009 3:49:47 PM PST by
taillightchaser
(When a democrat says "The American people" you know the next words out of his mouth will be lies.)
To: naturalman1975
I wonder how you say, “first the V’s, then the rotate” in their lingo?
28 posted on
12/19/2009 5:33:51 PM PST by
ArmstedFragg
(hoaxy dopey changey)
To: naturalman1975
I just read Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's memoir, "Highest Duty." He recounts lessons his father instilled in him in his youth, including one my own father taught me: measure twice, cut once.
That same attitude would have prevented this mishap.
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