Ansett's A320's - the right choice?
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Ansett's A320's - the right choice?
Following the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 A300-600, some serious research regarding the safety of composite vertical stabilisers (fins) fitted to some Airbus models is going to have to be done asap.
Read the link below for further info: http://www.pprune.org/cgibin/ultimat...1&t=016658&p=2
Unfortunately, one of the Airbus models incorporating this structure is the A320 (the ONLY aircraft that Ansett now operates), which may forseeably suffer from loss of passenger confidence in the least.
To the detriment of the B737, have Ansett put all their eggs in the wrong basket by going with ONLY the A320?
Read the link below for further info: http://www.pprune.org/cgibin/ultimat...1&t=016658&p=2
Unfortunately, one of the Airbus models incorporating this structure is the A320 (the ONLY aircraft that Ansett now operates), which may forseeably suffer from loss of passenger confidence in the least.
To the detriment of the B737, have Ansett put all their eggs in the wrong basket by going with ONLY the A320?
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Not sure about recent Boeing models but the 737 had a composite tailplane many years back and extensive use of composites is made for non structural panels. So it seems that Boeing could be subject to the same possibility. The only difference is that a Boeing aircraft crash has not been alleged to have been caused by failure of a composite structure so public perception would be anti Airbus.
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Kaptin, Are we compairing 25 year old airbuses with new A320's?
I don't think that Ansett will have this problem as each a/c will be exchanged inside 5 years under the fox/lew plan so heavy maintanance will be avoided.
(thats for you that may think airbus don't know about composites).
Besides..
Dont the other two airlines in Aust. have all their eggs in one basket too???
I don't think that Ansett will have this problem as each a/c will be exchanged inside 5 years under the fox/lew plan so heavy maintanance will be avoided.
(thats for you that may think airbus don't know about composites).
Besides..
Dont the other two airlines in Aust. have all their eggs in one basket too???
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With all due respect Kaptain M (which I'm sure stands for MORON), this would have to be the biggest load of piffle I have read on this web site. I'm not sure if your Ill, have an IQ under 50, still a F/O after 30 years of flying or wish to see 100 or so inocent people killed on an ANSCAB aircraft, just to give them a bad name due to the fact YOU willingly resigned from them, you would not have posted this. If airlines where to think this way we would all be out of a job!
Allow ME TO EXPLAIN TOO YOU!!!!!
Case 1: B737 has rudder fault and crashes: solution: lets change all our aircraft to airbuses.
Case 2: B747 centre tank explodes: solution: lets buy 165 cessna 210's
Case 3: A300 rudder falls off: soultion: stuff it let buy 2 144 seat buses.
Please put some thought into posts before doing it. It would be appreciated by all
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Allow ME TO EXPLAIN TOO YOU!!!!!
Case 1: B737 has rudder fault and crashes: solution: lets change all our aircraft to airbuses.
Case 2: B747 centre tank explodes: solution: lets buy 165 cessna 210's
Case 3: A300 rudder falls off: soultion: stuff it let buy 2 144 seat buses.
Please put some thought into posts before doing it. It would be appreciated by all
I THINK HE MISSED HIS MEDICATION THIS MORNING!
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For those who bothered to read the link (and I realise that being of a technical nature, it is well beyond the comprehension of our friend with the foot fetish, btw nailclipper PLEASE get one of your kids to proof read your posts for spelling!!), you will see that it is indeed an A320 problem. Niceone, the American Airlines A300 -600 aircraft that crashed was newer than Ansett`s A320`s, and so my points are:
(i) Apparently this is not a "new" defect that has only just come to light because of AA587 - it has been mentioned in various AD's for some time;
(ii) ALL of the current Ansett fleet is comprised SOLELY of A320 aircraft;
(iii) In light of the extremely dire consequences suffered by AA587, apparently because of the failure of the composite materials from which the vertical stabiliser was manufactured, it is HIGHLY POSSIBLE that there may be a GROUNDING of ALL AIRBUS AIRCRAFT featuring these vert stabilisers, by the regulatory authorities.
So is Ansett`s decision to go SOLELY with the A320 (instead of a mix), a wise choice, or one that COULD spell its final death knell?
[ 22 November 2001: Message edited by: Kaptin M ]
(i) Apparently this is not a "new" defect that has only just come to light because of AA587 - it has been mentioned in various AD's for some time;
(ii) ALL of the current Ansett fleet is comprised SOLELY of A320 aircraft;
(iii) In light of the extremely dire consequences suffered by AA587, apparently because of the failure of the composite materials from which the vertical stabiliser was manufactured, it is HIGHLY POSSIBLE that there may be a GROUNDING of ALL AIRBUS AIRCRAFT featuring these vert stabilisers, by the regulatory authorities.
So is Ansett`s decision to go SOLELY with the A320 (instead of a mix), a wise choice, or one that COULD spell its final death knell?
[ 22 November 2001: Message edited by: Kaptin M ]
