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Old 15th Jan 2013, 13:08
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Chris Scott
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Squawk-7600, quotes...

Yesterday:
"Chris I'd suggest you're speaking of a bygone era. I can honestly say I've never had to dick around with the refuelling system of any modern jet I've flown. I have no idea of how it works on the 787, but I can pretty much guarantee it's all fully automatic."

Today (1):
"Yes a failure of a valve/electronics associated with the fuel system would make sense."

Quite: that's when you may have to "dick around" with the system, and that's when it's all too easy to make a mistake.

Today (2):
" 'Operator error' on the other hand does not [make sense]."

Joint effort, perhaps?
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