Re: Swissair 111 - long winded even by my standards but an interesting article

2003-02-19 Thread Fred Townsend
Scary! I squirmed in my seat as I read the article. You see I did the electrical design part of a similar system. Our system had a critical design flaw. It was a mechanical error so I was not responsible for the error but it could have crashed the airplane. Luckily we did not use a contractor f

Re: Swissair 111 - long winded even by my standards but an interesting article

2003-02-19 Thread Ken Javor
I drove from Huntsville, AL to Ft. Wayne, IN, today mostly because flying is such a pain these days. Now I'm glad I drove from a safety viewpoint as well. Seriously, there is something wrong if gov't oversight is necessary to make sure an aircraft is put together right. I think there is a ver

Swissair 111 - long winded even by my standards but an interesting article

2003-02-18 Thread Gary McInturff
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