Still Smilin'
Sallyann1234 wrote: "There are much more likely events to worry about."
I'm still smilin' because my last trip was in a 767, but I would be a bit puckered had it been a 777. Those of us who fly/flew airplanes take risks every time we walk out to the flight line. If we knew what the problem was, we could compensate and the risk would be lower. Checklists and mandatory flight procedures come about because of lessons learned from previous problems. But, in this case we don't know what caused it and don't know what to do to prevent a repeat. A checklist wouldn't have helped this crew because of the short time available to do anything but avoiding certain flight regimes might have helped minimize risk. I'm still smilin' but as each day goes by without a definitive report, that smile becomes more forced. We can deal with the known. It's the unknown that is most likely to cause us problems.