"I suspect the ATSB will look at it, but I disagree they will place strong recommendations on addressing it. As an airline pilot, I am wary of too many "safety systems" being too cleaver - they usually cause more problems than they solve. I am "nervous" of the software in the Trent that can "shut the engine down" without warning / pilot control."
If the ATSB cannot mandate this VITAL shutdown device
they are superflous to the industry..
All it needs is an external valve that rescuers can access.*
*NOTE: Colleagues on this thead have correctly pointed out this would be impossible due to the danger of access a running jet engine.. OK lets call it a MASTER OFF switch. It is ridiculous that telemetry can "read" these engines 12k miles away yet we cannot turn 'em off.
Last edited by DERG; 14th Feb 2011 at 05:52.