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Old 9th May 2009, 02:54
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Saap I think you need to really research your facts and figures.Going by your banter you seem to be from IAC or from a similar organization.There is much we can talk about the Kandahar hijack.Capt. Devi Sharan and his crew did a good job but there are many facts that have not really been discussed in public as no one really seems interested.Coming back to your point about the IAC A 320 crash it is true that many changes were incorporated by Airbus into the training methodology and on board systems of the fly by wire family after this crash.But to make it sound like IAC was a driving force behind the success of the fly by wire family is taking things a bit too far.Take this case , IAC has always made a big deal about the tough operating conditions and airfields they fly into.The fact is they really haven't considered the fact that tough airfields and conditions don't exist only in South Asia.If you open your eyes and ears...or research the internet better , you can see the pretty tough conditions some of our fellow aviators around the world fly into.A good example of this arrogance or ignorance is this fact that when IAC ordered the A 320 they insisted that bogey wheels be put on all their A 320s.They felt that the A 320 could not meet the performance criteria of the airfields they wanted to operate into around India.Airbus told them that there was no need for this but IAC in its wisdom overruled them.This was the cause of so many spurious warnings and confusion in the cockpit as IAC till date are the only A 320 oeprators in the world that have opted for bogey wheels.However in the new aircraft coming in bogey wheels are not there.If you take a look at some of the South American airfields , you can see that the A 320 meets the performance criteria of some very demanding airfields comfortably...and note that some of these fields are purely VFR.....
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