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Old 26th Apr 2004, 17:12
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topoftheloop
 
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BlueDog

good at theory of probabilities ?

If one aircraft has two engine failures within three days (not the
same engine), how many more flights will you probably have until
one aircraft has two engine failures within 207 minutes ?
(BTW how many flights exceeded their ETOPS limits until today ?)

It is absolutely scandalous to calculate the life of a passenger
against the operational cost difference between a two and a
four engine airplane.
I cannot believe that so many of my professional colleages
accept the decisions of their bean counting management.
Would it be me alone, no worries, I d fly on a single engine
biplane across the globe but dont we have a responsibility
for our passengers to make their journey as safe as possible ?
Sooner or hopefully later we will have the answer.
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