Remember: There is a search tool on this site...
A reminder to those who haven't read all the entries in this thread, there is a search tool on this site. So if "sand concentration" is your big thing, why not give it a try? etc etc etc.
As for Orionsbelt's question about "the whim of a met man" versus a "proven computer model", I think you'd have to be incredibly naive or an uber-conspiracy theorist to side with the "whim" theory. But if you want, why not defy the orders, jump in a plane and see what happens. If your engines stop, the model is proven.
Or search for the word "muck" on this site and see what you find.
As someone else put it earlier, "What is the safest course of action here?"
And another thing: Just read a post about the BA flight that lost all engines many years ago. How dangerous can it be, asked a poster. They got all the engines going again. Hmm. Yes. But I don't think they did a 60 minute turnaround when they got to their destination. Airlines can't afford to inspect their engines after every flight, never mind fix/replace them.
Last edited by Dave's brother; 18th April 2010 at 09:24.
Reason: And another thing...