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"Huw" > wrote in message
... > > "Andy Champ" > wrote in message > ... >> K`Tetch wrote: >> <snip> >>> >>> Secondly, as ANYONE with any knowledge knows, a large project has many >>> cogs. a large technical project has many engineers working on it, one >>> person who works on all areas, is, as the saying goes "jack of all >>> trades, and master of none'. When there were the concorde crashes, did >>> people point to the guy whos job was to inspect the apssenger safety >>> restraints and go "ha, obviously you're incompetant". Did they go to >>> the avionics comapny and say "well, you're peddling a load of ****, >>> aren't you" no. Responsible for safety they may have been, but for a >>> different area of large and complex entity. As it happens, my job was >>> more to do with the inspection and detection gear inside the reactors >>> themselves, and ensurin emergency safety proceedures could be carried >>> out. Since it hasn't melted down, seems i did my job ok. >> <snip again> >> >> As a fan, I can't let that pass. >> >> ISTR ONE Concorde crash, caused by another aircraft shedding debris onto >> the runway (and incidentally, exposing Concorde as vulnerable to tyre >> problems). I do NOT recall any others. It was economics that killed the >> bird, not safety - there are loads of aircraft flying with far worse >> records, and I think that probably includes all helicopters. >> > > There were previous incidence that made the Authorities and operators well > aware of the potential risk in this area. Indeed there were several > modifications over the years to address this point which were obviously > not ultimately effective. > > Huw > Maybe the Concorde changed from dino oil to synthetic, and it harmed the engines.... Mike |
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"Michael Pardee" > wrote in message ... > "Huw" > wrote in message > ... >> >> "Andy Champ" > wrote in message >> ... >>> K`Tetch wrote: >>> <snip> >>>> >>>> Secondly, as ANYONE with any knowledge knows, a large project has many >>>> cogs. a large technical project has many engineers working on it, one >>>> person who works on all areas, is, as the saying goes "jack of all >>>> trades, and master of none'. When there were the concorde crashes, did >>>> people point to the guy whos job was to inspect the apssenger safety >>>> restraints and go "ha, obviously you're incompetant". Did they go to >>>> the avionics comapny and say "well, you're peddling a load of ****, >>>> aren't you" no. Responsible for safety they may have been, but for a >>>> different area of large and complex entity. As it happens, my job was >>>> more to do with the inspection and detection gear inside the reactors >>>> themselves, and ensurin emergency safety proceedures could be carried >>>> out. Since it hasn't melted down, seems i did my job ok. >>> <snip again> >>> >>> As a fan, I can't let that pass. >>> >>> ISTR ONE Concorde crash, caused by another aircraft shedding debris onto >>> the runway (and incidentally, exposing Concorde as vulnerable to tyre >>> problems). I do NOT recall any others. It was economics that killed >>> the bird, not safety - there are loads of aircraft flying with far worse >>> records, and I think that probably includes all helicopters. >>> >> >> There were previous incidence that made the Authorities and operators >> well aware of the potential risk in this area. Indeed there were several >> modifications over the years to address this point which were obviously >> not ultimately effective. >> >> Huw >> > Maybe the Concorde changed from dino oil to synthetic, and it harmed the > engines.... > > Mike > They did change the tyre specification and they did introduce a protection for the wing tanks that I know of. Huw |
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