tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post8554192445126086259..comments2024-03-28T16:40:20.681-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : More Bullshit From BoeingComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-36080462873679679992022-05-27T14:17:52.968-04:002022-05-27T14:17:52.968-04:00w3ski, 346 people, to date.w3ski, 346 people, to date.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-58009576543938307722022-05-27T12:44:38.343-04:002022-05-27T12:44:38.343-04:00Can anyone tell me how many have died so far from ...Can anyone tell me how many have died so far from this Max plane? Maybe it's just over-news but it seems to have quite a body count going for it.<br />w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-27285045621246837782022-05-27T08:57:31.409-04:002022-05-27T08:57:31.409-04:00The aircraft manufacturers calculate passenger fat...The aircraft manufacturers calculate passenger fatalities as statistics ... ?<br /><br />Hard to say, it was more than twenty years ago, more like thirty or so, most likely weathered into a strip somewhere waiting on a helicopter, and it was of his early work, the 80's I think. Things were different too, there was still a lot more fly by the seat of the pants then, not so much reliance on electronics. What I retain of it today is the aircraft manufacturers would calculate passenger fatalities as a cost of doing business, not unlike Jet-A. They were willing to put an aircraft into production, into service, with a known catastrophic failure.<br /><br />It was Michael Crichton, you could <i>feel</i> the vibration ...Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-29328220940213439932022-05-26T18:25:07.153-04:002022-05-26T18:25:07.153-04:00TB, I haven't read it. What did you think of ...TB, I haven't read it. What did you think of it?Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-7744047509392525012022-05-26T18:06:25.742-04:002022-05-26T18:06:25.742-04:00Everything about this, from day one, reminds me of...Everything about this, from day one, reminds me of Michael Crichton's book <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airframe_(novel)" rel="nofollow">Airframe</a></i>. Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.com