To LU:
Your comment to RW-1 was totally uncalled for. I have many FO's who have more "Common Dog" about flying, in they're pinky than you have in you miriad af experience in "Paper Engineering" and armchair quarterbacking.
You were obviously trying to hurl an insult, but what you don't realise is that the position of FO is part of the logical progression in a pilot's career, not a demeaning position that you obviously believe it is.
Lu, have you ever once considered that when a new concept for an aircraft is theorized by people like you, that a real Engineering Pilot is required to go prove or disprove the theory? Do you really think that the paper jockies are the people who make it work?
The answer is a resounding "NO"!!!! Many an Engineering Test Pilot has risked His/Her life to be able to work out the bugs that the "Paper Engineers" could not even consider because they lack one thing, EXPERIENCE in flying.
Keep your theories LU, I'll stick with the opinions and knowledge provided by the "Hands On" people.
Cheers, OffshoreIgor
