jcjeant
Along those lines, Qantas 380 has five Captains on the flight deck, encounters an emergency fifteen minutes after launch, in daylight, VMC, with
four engines, (make that three), etc. etc.
447 has two 3-4k hours pilots on the flight deck, with two engines, very dark, in severe turbulence, and the panel goes South.
Crap roll? If passengers were actuaries, (some are), they would perhaps flock to the 340/747 for long flights?
PanAm brought back furloughed white hairs when the 747 was introduced. They had been furloughed when the 707 debuted, they were "not up to the new technology". The senior Captains were back on flight status lickety split when the
PR people reckoned the passengers would feel more comfortable with gray hair instead of young uns up front.
Sell the "sizzle" not the "Steak"??
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