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Forum: Military Aviation

9th May 2014, 08:35

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Posted By Engines

AA62, See my post above. At least as far as...

AA62,

See my post above. At least as far as the Chinook is concerned, it's been resolved as Boeing Helicopters in Philadelphia are now a DAOS accredited Aircraft Design organisation (ADO) for that...

Forum: Military Aviation

9th May 2014, 07:47

Replies: 927

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Views: 423,909

Posted By Engines

LW50, Sorry, my bad - I was responding to an...

LW50,

Sorry, my bad - I was responding to an earlier post about Boeing's role with Chinook. The DAOS accreditation I referred to was only for Philadelphia and the Chinook programme for the UK, not...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th May 2014, 19:10

Replies: 927

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Posted By Engines

Guys, Perhaps I can help. Boeing Helicopters...

Guys,

Perhaps I can help. Boeing Helicopters in Philadelphia have been accredited under the DAOS scheme, for at least 18 months now.

To get this, they had to submit a 'DAOS Exposition' that...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd May 2014, 16:50

Replies: 927

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Posted By Engines

Chug, I really don't think we are very far...

Chug,

I really don't think we are very far apart, and I fully support the brave and proper stance you and Tuc have led. However, we have to bring the aircrew with us on this.

The point I was...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd May 2014, 11:35

Replies: 927

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Posted By Engines

Guys, Perhaps I can help here. As I...

Guys,

Perhaps I can help here.

As I posted before, it's rare for any accident or incident to have a single, lone, cause. I almost every case where a BoI (now an SI) takes place, there are a...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Apr 2014, 20:05

Replies: 927

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Views: 423,909

Posted By Engines

Guys, Perhaps I can help defuse the...

Guys,

Perhaps I can help defuse the temperature a bit. Lion's den and all that, but I think it's worth a go.

Aircraft crash for all sorts of reasons. Fact. In almost all cases, there's what...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Apr 2014, 15:43

Replies: 927

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Views: 423,909

Posted By Engines

CGB and others, I think that the point Tuc...

CGB and others,

I think that the point Tuc (and I) are making is that it's not the regulations, and it's not the 'processes'. They aren't great, but they are sufficient for the job of producing...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Apr 2014, 11:30

Replies: 927

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Posted By Engines

Guys, As ever, Tuc does a great job of...

Guys,

As ever, Tuc does a great job of filling in the important gaps I left in my brief post. The concept of 'functional' safety (aka fitness for purpose) is one I've been trying to get across to...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Apr 2014, 21:33

Replies: 927

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Views: 423,909

Posted By Engines

S41, The simple (but probably not...

S41,

The simple (but probably not reassuring) answer is not the actual amount of 'assurance', but the development of a proven and auditable safety case that demonstrates that operation of the...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Apr 2014, 20:51

Replies: 927

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Views: 423,909

Posted By Engines

Wensley, Yes, I agree that the lawyers are...

Wensley,

Yes, I agree that the lawyers are very much more in evidence than they were. I have recent experience of this being used, but not in the way I expected - being told that if my actions...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Apr 2014, 16:39

Replies: 927

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Views: 423,909

Posted By Engines

Wensley and Jim, In all my working life as...

Wensley and Jim,

In all my working life as an engineer, I never once thought about 'ambulance chasing lawyers' when making decisions. However, I thought quite a lot about the safety of those who...

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