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originally posted by: cardinalfan0596
No, you dont have two reliable witnesses that they were disconnected. You have a PR hack and a pilot. Neither of which know jack about aviation maintenance or the maintenance records for that airframe.
originally posted by: roadgravel
If you can find the a statement from the pilot where he states he flew the plane before 9-11-2001 and the phones were no long in service then you would have something. Actually any pilot who flew that plane.
originally posted by: Jacobu12
originally posted by: roadgravel
If you can find the a statement from the pilot where he states he flew the plane before 9-11-2001 and the phones were no long in service then you would have something. Actually any pilot who flew that plane.
I already did. How else would the pilot know if the phones got disconnected before 9/11
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: roadgravel
Is this a trick question??
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Jacobu12
An engineering direction doesn't mean the work was done. It means they were directed to do it. Airlines do the work as aircraft come in for scheduled maintenance when they're doing big changes. If this aircraft hadn't undergone maintenance before 9/11, the phones were working.
originally posted by: roadgravel
originally posted by: Jacobu12
originally posted by: roadgravel
If you can find the a statement from the pilot where he states he flew the plane before 9-11-2001 and the phones were no long in service then you would have something. Actually any pilot who flew that plane.
I already did. How else would the pilot know if the phones got disconnected before 9/11
He couldn't have flown every 757. And an maintenance order starts the process in the future, it doesn't state it is completed.
originally posted by: Jacobu12
originally posted by: cardinalfan0596
No, you dont have two reliable witnesses that they were disconnected. You have a PR hack and a pilot. Neither of which know jack about aviation maintenance or the maintenance records for that airframe.
You missed this guy. Of course you attack legitimate witnesses who don't agree with you, that's what debunkers do.
American Airlines Public Relations Representative John Hotard: “An Engineering Change Order to deactivate the seatback phone system on the 757 fleet had been issued before Sep 11 2001
It is our contention that the seatback phones on Flight 77 were working because there is no entry in that aircraft’s records to indicate when the phones were disconnected.
originally posted by: Jacobu12
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Jacobu12
If the phones were disconnected they wouldn't even try top connect. There would be no way for anyone to even dial the number. You wouldn't get a failed to connect, you'd get nothing. No signal going out at all.
They had a service up and running before 9/11, so could they still dial an operator somehow? The call did not go through, why not nobody answered. The only way to confirms Ted Olson story is a telephone bill! 15+ years he hasn't produced the evidence, and he's well aware people are calling him a liar. Why is he so reluctant to shut up the doubters? He should care there people are out there saying he never spoke to he's dead wife on 9/11..
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Jacobu12
Further proof you have no idea what you're talking about. After United 811, a flaw was identified in the 747 cargo door that could potentially cause the aircraft to crash. Once a fix was identified, the FAA wanted it implemented in 6 months on every 747 built. The airlines pushed back and said it would cause financial hardship and got it pushed out to 2 1/2 years.
So now you expect people to believe that they were found to pull aircraft out of service in large numbers to disconnect a telephone? Please. They were disconnected as they came in for scheduled maintenance.
originally posted by: cardinalfan0596
a reply to: Jacobu12
And you....not surprisingly missed this....
"Engineers at our primary Maintenance & Engineering base in Tulsa tell me that they cannot find any record that the 757 aircraft flown into the Pentagon on 9/11 had had its seatback phones deactivated by that date. An Engineering Change Order to deactivate the seatback phone system on the 757 fleet had been issued by that time... It is our contention that the seatback phones on Flight 77 were working because there is no entry in that aircraft’s records to indicate when the phones were disconnected.
John Hotard, Corporate Communications, American Airlines