Sylvia Else wrote in news:ciukvaFo92tU2
@mid.individual.net:

Redundancy, redundancy, redundancy.

You can say that again.

But, sometimes, redundancy isn't always practical, or possible.
At some point, there may always be a single point of failure.
The plane has only one engine. Can't exactly take along a spare.

And what if the backup fails? Stuff happens.

I gather this pilot was experienced at this sort of trip. The
company he works for apparently offers it as a standard service.

http://theflightacademy.com/

There's a press release on the incident link on the main page.

In any case, it's good marketting for Cirrus.

http://www.cirrusaircraft.com/news/c...system-capstm-
successfully-deployed-over-pacific-ocean/

Brian
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