On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:14:35 -0600, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

FAA still refusing to required either
smoke/fire alarms and/or fuel cell inerting on airliners, despite
NTSB suggestions and numerous incidents, several of which have
resulted in the loss of the aircraft, crew, and passengers.

It might be an idea to get those auto reversing rudder actuators on
737's sorted out first, at least when a fuel tank goes bang you might
be incapacitated and know nothing about your impending death, when the
rudder goes tits up it's a long slow spiral with screaming engines and
lots of anguish followed by a rapid death with instant burial at
500mph. Big savings on coffin material though as usually you will fit
in a carrier bag.

But look on the bright side you could be stuck on terra firma and
dying due to lack of basic sanitation along with another few thousand
elsewhere on the planet. In basic terms it's TEN, yes TEN "September
11ths" EVERY day. 1001 1002 1003 dead 1001 1002 1003 dead - one
every three seconds but out of sight out of mind - just like the
****ed up 737 rudders.


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