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Old March 18th 05, 02:38 AM
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On 17 Mar 2005 11:39:45 -0800, "John Galban"
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From the article : "Hill was still planning for the future, flying
home after a three-day flight simulator course in Miami, where he'd
practised emergency landing techniques in case a jet engine burst into
flames."

Those journalists can't help themselves, can they. Even a story
about a bankrupt airline has to have mythical engines bursting into
flames. Sheesh!


I thought the article was a little weak, as well. But, if you've
spent any amount of time in a simulator, you wouldn't question the
"burst into flames" part.

After my first stint in a sim, the instructor asked me what I thought.
I told him I thought I'd like to strangle the people that had been
maintaining the POS plane I was flying.

Multiple system failures and engine fires are SOP during sim training.

TC