Originally posted by elpasys
An evidence of madness.
Hardly, if you are going to proceed with pushing this subject you had better grow a thicker skin then that, because I am just lightheartedly joking
around with you. Go try this line on someone in the FAA or NTSB and see how much flak you are going to get, or how many seconds before they hang up on
you.
The truth is that the FAA and the NTSB have no reason to hide something like this. If there was truly an issue and it had caused this many problems,
believe me they would address it. They have no problem with issuing orders to change, fix, or add equipment at the expense of the airline and for much
lesser reasons. I have seen them do this in person, where all of this or that model aircraft had to have something changed or be rotated out of
service to fix something, or they have made airlines change procedures. They don’t call the FAA the Tombstone Commission for no reason; it’s
called that because accidents are about the only thing that makes them fly into action.
So explain to me what the point here is?
Is it that you think that you have stumbled onto something that no other aeronautical engineer has ever found, or you think they know this is an issue
and are covering it up?
If it’s the latter, explain to me why they would do this and not just make the airlines absorb the cost to alter their fueling methods or modify
their equipment.