Ask me anything

[Thumpalumpacus]

I wasn't asking for a guess, damn it.

American Airlines used a procedure to remove and replace the engine contrary to the procedure mandated by McDonnell Douglas, manufacturer of the DC-10. That procedure led to the shearing off of the left engine during takeoff. The DC-10 design should have included failure modes to tolerate this so there is blame to spread around,

We're all human beings. We're awesome sometimes but sometimes we suck.

Yeah, I know, I was checking to see if she did.

I'm one of those dorks who reads up on crashes and stuff.

[abaris]

That's the odd thing. My views have never really been compatible with the Conservative Party, except on maybe immigration policies but they are even going back on their promises and messing that up.

Different times. If you believed the narrative of the Cold War, these were the go to persons. I wouldn't handle them with a stick by now.