[Rhodes22-list] Take This Job and Shove It!

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

Much too do about nothing!  NASA has had a reporting process for years where
pilots could anonymously report problems without fear of certificate action.
I've use it several times.  This telephone poll was no different. Really
serious problems get run up the flag pole at the union level.  If you want
to worry about something, worry about all the things the TSA hides that
we're powerless to do anything about.

Brad

On 10/25/07, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> You probably saw the report this week from NASA about all the safety
> concerns that apparently are much worse than the public knows.  So much so
> that they refused to release the info for fear of panicking the public and
> costing the airlines gobs of money in lost revenue.  Some one privy to the
> report sited many more bird strikes, more near miss mid-air collisions,
> more
> near miss ground collisions, etc.  They collected most of the data
> interviewing pilots.  Have you found this to be the case?  Frequent fliers
> want to know.
>
> Slim
>
> On 10/25/07, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hank,
> >
> > They keep the engines spooled.  If you notice, they were flying at flaps
> > 22
> > to keep the speed down.  Anything more than 22 the jet automatically
> > retracts the flaps to keep from overstressing them and you get a
> constant
> > horn without the gear down.  I'm guessing they're doing about 150 knots
> at
> > the dump. Not only is FOD a problem but I wonder how much engine life
> they
> > get running all that soot through the compressor section.  We were on
> > break
> > when I met them so we only got to visit for about 15 minutes.  They were
> > an
> > interesting bunch.  I'm happy to stick with moving rubber dogshit from
> > point
> > A to point B.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On 10/25/07, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Brad,
> > >
> > > That is insane!  With the jet engine power lag, I would think that
> would
> > > be
> > > an extremely dangerous way to make a living!  What about FOD flaming
> out
> > > the
> > > engines?  Is that a risk?
> > >
> > > Hank
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/25/07, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I met these guys last year while teaching in our old DC-10 sim in
> > Miami.
> > > > They're nuts!  Brad
> > > >
> > > > http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1a7_1193165376
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