The Captain said
“Thank Christ they’ve stopped
They make a dreadful din
I’ll now complete the exercise
And glide this b@stard in”
With noses flat against the glass
The victims watched in horror
And none of them had any doubt
They’d all be dead tomorra!
I shouldn’t be facetious but I get very sceptical incidents such as that mentioned above -
if indeed it was the result of a fuel management error and not a mechanical malfunction - have any safety implications.
Aside from costing the employer extra DOC’s (obviously less than returning a perfectly serviceable 744 back to Sydney a few days ago), to err is human and we all know there is absolutely zero chance of the crew blindly flying on until the tanks run dry!
Woomera