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Message started by JayG on Feb 21st, 2011 at 5:11pm

Title: Re: Lou - STORIES
Post by CoolP on Apr 13th, 2011 at 4:20pm
Lou, I don't doubt your personal mileage. I was just jumping on that "Airbus is dangerous" bias from some of the frequent Boeing Press Room readers (which I am too since the 747-8 is an interesting plane for example, but I don't get my "truth" delivered from there  ;D). Just before it really starts, I had to say some words, that's all.

I absolutely agree to the statement of yours, that the pilot of the big whale will have to take responsibility there. How much this will be and also how many other influences might have lead to this incident can't be judged be anyone of us. We both will agree there.
I think that even a hot blooded AF pilot will be of some careful character when taxing that big airliner.
Maybe he was used to the "smaller" 747-400 though (since AF drives a fleet of them too).  :P


I once read an interview from an Airbus official in the very early days of the A380 program. He said that they had planned for everything and, so far, experienced everything, but they never ever anticipated the negative emotions towards their product from the US side and all those little things which can be driven by those.
He states that it must be really hard for some people over there that another (and not US) company now builds bigger planes than they do.
Now, while the good engineers respect the work of others while still loving their baby of course, he seemed to describe some other emotions there and I think that some Boeing-bias around here shows what he meant to say.

After watching the very interesting and still not finished investigations towards that blown engine on the Qantas A380, this smaller incident is just another opportunity to catch some feelings there.
Some lose their objective way of arguing and start to get emotional, mostly coinciding with some kind of "truth" and "obvious facts" which have to be declared as such, because otherwise nobody would recognize them.  :D
Currently, all things said about this JFK thingy will be assumptions of course, and remain for a while I think.
The only fact that I'm aware of is that this small incident will surely add fuel to the flames, because every money business is a dirty one and the aviation industry is the place where big, big money is made.
So, lets enjoy the show, the findings and the large variety truths out there.

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