Plane age does figure into it

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Post #221,460 by tuberculosis 8/29/05 3:03:33 PM 8/21/07 5:44:50 AM Reply	Plane age does figure into it Metal fatigue, corrosion, higher proportion of components on the far side of the MTBF. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:50 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #221,463 by mmoffitt 8/29/05 3:15:36 PM Reply	In theory, I agree. But I don't think, looking at ntsb.gov, that the age of the aircraft has much to do with airline accidents. If it did, I'd expect to see a lot more accidents with older aircraft, given they make up a larger share of what's flying every day than do newer aircraft. bcnu, Mikem It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #221,470 by tuberculosis 8/29/05 3:43:52 PM 8/21/07 5:45:15 AM Reply	There was that air Hawaii flight where the roof peeled off Salt water environment/corrosion/metal fatigue was blamed I think. I believe it resulted in heavier weight being given to "cycles" in maintenance schedules. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:15 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #221,477 by mmoffitt 8/29/05 4:16:20 PM Reply	Yeah, and then there was this. [link\|http://www.planecrashinfo.com/w011112.htm\|http://www.planecras...o.com/w011112.htm] I understand that age is a factor, I'm just saying that I think age of aircraft is overplayed. bcnu, Mikem It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell

Ask the Pilot___nervous, lately? - (Ashton) - (127) - Aug. 27, 2005, 05:16:06 AM EDT

I am not big on flying these days. - (bionerd) - (118) - Aug. 27, 2005, 11:14:05 AM EDT

Me either! - (Nightowl) - (1) - Aug. 28, 2005, 02:01:51 AM EDT

There was going to be a comment here. - (pwhysall) - Aug. 29, 2005, 11:47:10 AM EDT

Oh, for the love of... -NT - (mmoffitt) - (26) - Aug. 29, 2005, 11:36:59 AM EDT

You cant dispute that an unusually high number of - (bionerd) - (25) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:28:07 PM EDT

Yes, I can. - (pwhysall) - (9) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:51:59 PM EDT

Up 300% over last year -NT - (tuberculosis) - (6) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:47 AM EDT

Need to see number of flights. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:02:53 PM EDT

Dunno without checking, but in the millions -NT - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:14:00 PM EDT

Anecdotal is travel is up. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:26:43 PM EDT

My answer made as much sense as that chart - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:18 AM EDT

I got it. -NT - (bionerd) - Aug. 30, 2005, 11:08:43 AM EDT

And the year before that? - (pwhysall) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:13:40 PM EDT

That chart - (bionerd) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:56:43 AM EDT

Noticed how "casualty" has morphed to mean "fatality"? - (Another Scott) - Aug. 30, 2005, 11:01:09 AM EDT

Yes, I can. And you don't get any slack ... - (mmoffitt) - (14) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:58:09 PM EDT

Plane age does figure into it - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:50 AM EDT

In theory, I agree. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:15:36 PM EDT

There *was* that air Hawaii flight where the roof peeled off - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:15 AM EDT

Yeah, and then there was this. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:16:20 PM EDT

Um... - (Another Scott) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:51:43 PM EDT

IF... the condition of Omnipresence. Slowww Learners R'us -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:28:47 PM EDT

Heh. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:31:25 PM EDT

good lord - (bionerd) - (5) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:53:33 AM EDT

Re: good lord - (Nightowl) - (4) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:02:36 PM EDT

s/propose/purport/ - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 30, 2005, 02:10:10 PM EDT

Neuroses? - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:05:06 PM EDT

Note that it's a *foolish* consistency. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:13:41 PM EDT

Well.. methinks that the Great Ones were! - (Ashton) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:24:28 PM EDT

Another crash (new thread) - (bionerd) - Sept. 5, 2005, 11:45:17 AM EDT

Utter nonsense. - (pwhysall) - (87) - Aug. 29, 2005, 11:41:43 AM EDT

Wot 'e said. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 29, 2005, 11:50:00 AM EDT

Aye. I often point out - (imric) - (77) - Aug. 29, 2005, 12:10:50 PM EDT

Re: Aye. I often point out - (Nightowl) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:08:50 PM EDT

And you'd be wrong in that - (ben_tilly) - (75) - Aug. 29, 2005, 07:09:16 PM EDT

dunno about safety but comfort factor is 500 miles - (boxley) - (74) - Aug. 29, 2005, 07:22:34 PM EDT

Not if you fly yourself ;0) -NT - (mmoffitt) - (73) - Aug. 30, 2005, 11:05:23 AM EDT

Re: Not if you fly yourself ;0) - (Nightowl) - (72) - Aug. 30, 2005, 12:59:00 PM EDT

False sense of security - (Steve Lowe) - (71) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:05:17 PM EDT

Well.. occasionally planes manage to run into each other too - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:16:51 PM EDT

One can do even more in a small aircraft. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:41:31 PM EDT

What do I do? - (Nightowl) - (68) - Aug. 30, 2005, 07:26:56 PM EDT

Love. It. - poor/smart person's Hummer. Laugh --> bank. -NT - (Ashton) - (38) - Aug. 30, 2005, 08:13:20 PM EDT

Nit: maybe not the bank with gas nearly $3/gal. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (37) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:43:21 PM EDT

Re: Nit: maybe not the bank with gas nearly $3/gal. - (Nightowl) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:46:24 PM EDT

I play a really small violin for thee - (pwhysall) - (35) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:38:08 AM EDT

Pick some up when you pick up the London Bridge. - (Another Scott) - (11) - Aug. 31, 2005, 07:58:34 AM EDT

Up to \ufffd1/litre in places. - (pwhysall) - (6) - Aug. 31, 2005, 08:01:01 AM EDT

Hey. I wasn't whynghyng. Twas a Q about the changes. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 31, 2005, 08:19:32 AM EDT

Just wait. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Aug. 31, 2005, 10:09:04 AM EDT

Atlanta has a 7 day supply left and pipelines are off - (boxley) - (3) - Aug. 31, 2005, 10:23:18 AM EDT

It's all about the local vacations now. -NT - (admin) - (1) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:27:24 AM EDT

Detroit, here you come.. -NT - (bionerd) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:56:16 AM EDT

Moved early. As of 10am it's $3.29 here. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:59:07 PM EDT

I think Peter's got a point. - (static) - (3) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:37:37 PM EDT

0.88 USD / Liter here now - (admin) - (2) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:44:01 PM EDT

Yes, that's a problem. -NT - (static) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 12:59:32 AM EDT

RE: Your .sig: Hey, how'd you make the Reversed "d"? - (folkert) - Sept. 1, 2005, 09:38:26 AM EDT

But is your commute over 30 miles each way? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (22) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:43:10 PM EDT

What's that got to do with the zen of cucumbers? -NT - (pwhysall) - (5) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:44:20 PM EDT

economic pain = price*quantity - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:54:31 PM EDT

That'd be your choice, then. - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:56:40 PM EDT

Yes, it would. As I said up front. - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:12:35 PM EDT

Any remote chance: a ride-pool sorta thing, given 'hours' ? -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 31, 2005, 03:17:52 PM EDT

Nope. I have odd hours. And they move a lot. -NT - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 1, 2005, 12:33:50 AM EDT

Mine's 57 miles each way. - (mmoffitt) - (15) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:57:44 PM EDT

Gocha beat...63 miles each way - (jb4) - (14) - Aug. 31, 2005, 06:10:21 PM EDT

I'd say both of you ought to consider relocation -NT - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:01:32 AM EDT

Heh. - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 1, 2005, 11:28:17 AM EDT

In this housing market, - (jb4) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:29:09 PM EDT

Pshaw - (bepatient) - (10) - Aug. 31, 2005, 08:58:36 PM EDT

Wanna borrow my cycle? - (Ashton) - (9) - Aug. 31, 2005, 09:21:53 PM EDT

I've been thinking along those lines - (bepatient) - (8) - Sept. 1, 2005, 12:55:07 PM EDT

I had fewer problems on TPK and GSP - (imric) - Sept. 1, 2005, 01:07:29 PM EDT

Just bought one - (Steve Lowe) - (3) - Sept. 1, 2005, 01:08:05 PM EDT

Synchronicity! - (Ashton) - (2) - Sept. 1, 2005, 09:04:20 PM EDT

Rode it some tonight - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 11:48:09 PM EDT

Oh Yeah: Always renew! - (Ashton) - Sept. 2, 2005, 06:32:46 AM EDT

Not sure you'd wanna ride 2 wheels in a NJ winter... - (jb4) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:30:54 PM EDT

I did it one Cleveland winter - (hnick) - Sept. 2, 2005, 07:35:52 AM EDT

So had a co-worker - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 2, 2005, 02:14:01 AM EDT

COAST - (pwhysall) - (4) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:48:49 AM EDT

That's GOOD! - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 31, 2005, 05:28:16 AM EDT

COAST in depth, by a UK trafpol from another forum: - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 31, 2005, 07:38:38 AM EDT

Saved for distribution. - (Ashton) - Aug. 31, 2005, 03:41:18 PM EDT

CRAP - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:55:34 AM EDT

Oh lovely, it runs in the family. - (CRConrad) - (23) - Aug. 31, 2005, 07:35:02 AM EDT

Yeah, I wondered about that. - (pwhysall) - Aug. 31, 2005, 07:41:00 AM EDT

especially the car he was driving - (boxley) - (20) - Aug. 31, 2005, 09:04:34 AM EDT

Re: especially the car he was driving - (Nightowl) - (19) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:05:22 PM EDT

Feh. - (pwhysall) - (18) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:48:48 PM EDT

I beg to differ - (Nightowl) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:01:38 PM EDT

You didn't drive much when you were here, did you? - (drewk) - (16) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:03:24 PM EDT

So? - (pwhysall) - (14) - Aug. 31, 2005, 04:03:50 PM EDT

You've never driven the Southfield Freeway, either. - (admin) - Aug. 31, 2005, 05:41:43 PM EDT

So? - (Nightowl) - (12) - Aug. 31, 2005, 06:10:11 PM EDT

I mean a different thing, it seems. - (pwhysall) - (11) - Sept. 1, 2005, 01:34:39 AM EDT

Re: I mean a different thing, it seems. - (Nightowl) - (10) - Sept. 1, 2005, 03:16:27 AM EDT

Shiny things. Look in them occasionally. - (pwhysall) - (9) - Sept. 1, 2005, 05:01:14 AM EDT

That's what I'm telling you - (drewk) - (7) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:11:40 AM EDT

Exactly - (Nightowl) - Sept. 1, 2005, 12:44:21 PM EDT

Some of the worst one *I* know about... - (folkert) - (5) - Sept. 1, 2005, 01:56:54 PM EDT

I'm thinking PA Tunrpike - (drewk) - (3) - Sept. 1, 2005, 02:04:39 PM EDT

Buncha wimps - (broomberg) - (2) - Sept. 1, 2005, 02:10:12 PM EDT

Might just be Darwin in action... - (jb4) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:33:59 PM EDT

There are multiple evolved strategies for this problem - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 1, 2005, 09:08:22 PM EDT

Hmmm - spent a couple summers at 119-14 Union Tpke - (Ashton) - Sept. 2, 2005, 07:00:18 AM EDT

Bikers in all-black on black cycles should be banned. - (static) - Sept. 1, 2005, 09:21:08 PM EDT

That depends on area - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 1, 2005, 12:35:42 AM EDT

Actually, no - (Nightowl) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:08:06 PM EDT

Maybe there IS something to be said for roundabouts... - (jb4) - (5) - Aug. 29, 2005, 01:55:59 PM EDT

Re: Maybe there IS something to be said for roundabouts... - (pwhysall) - (4) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:14:35 PM EDT

trouble is all those dam cars going the wrong way -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:29:52 PM EDT

OMFG! "Magic Roundabout" -NT - (drewk) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:31:34 PM EDT

Designed to trap Americans, I think - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:34:00 PM EDT

"Look kids! Big Ben! Parliament! Look kids! Big Ben! Par..." -NT - (Meerkat) - Aug. 30, 2005, 06:43:47 AM EDT

Re: Utter nonsense. - (Nightowl) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:22:17 PM EDT

Five whole accidents? - (pwhysall) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:02:09 PM EDT

I'm not afraid! - (imqwerky) - Aug. 29, 2005, 11:45:15 AM EDT

Don't forget - (imqwerky) - (2) - Aug. 27, 2005, 04:53:57 PM EDT

Similar, yet not - (scoenye) - (1) - Aug. 28, 2005, 08:32:38 AM EDT

Thanks for the update - (Nightowl) - Aug. 28, 2005, 09:03:02 AM EDT

Love.It.__Predictable statistics rants, Guys - (Ashton) - (4) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:23:21 PM EDT

And in English? - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:35:00 PM EDT

Yes, there is that, too.. - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:38:24 PM EDT

And the current direction /is/ down... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:59:21 PM EDT

Reminds of a WW-II story - (Ashton) - Aug. 29, 2005, 05:13:49 PM EDT

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