I started posting here just after Burkill put 038 in the mud.
Since that time, three mildly different iterations of the same failure mechanism have occurred, in one instance with great loss of life...
BA038, AF447, QF32, and now, thankfully prior to fatalities, the DREAM.
This is the same accident, with mildly different particulars.
Engineering, Production, Certification, and Regulation.
All four are sick, and the public is at risk.
If we keep focusing on minor bits, like a chicken staring at a line in the sand, more people will die.
ICE, ICE, STUB PIPE, BATTERY......bull!!!!.
An elegant solution to the systemic problems comes to mind, one that will please everyone, save those responsible for, and profiting from, the root causes...
BTW That AP "Exclusive" was stolen from PPRuNe (ever the loyal bear)
Last edited by Lyman; 3rd February 2013 at 14:32.