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george152 wrote: On 22/12/12 11:15, Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , "sambodidley" wrote: "Skywise" wrote The pilot/captain/pic is 'god'. They have the penultimate authority to do what is necessary to carry out the flight successfully. With that goes the penultimate responsibility to ACTUALLY do what is necessary. Brian So, who has the ultimate authority? A: The accident investigators. We've had one or two who have had to rewrite their reports Ever notice how we always have sufficient fuel to get to the accident site ? Not always -- sometimes they have to glide to the accident site, due to too much air in the fuel tanks. |
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On 23/12/12 08:56, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article , george152 wrote: On 22/12/12 11:15, Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , "sambodidley" wrote: "Skywise" wrote The pilot/captain/pic is 'god'. They have the penultimate authority to do what is necessary to carry out the flight successfully. With that goes the penultimate responsibility to ACTUALLY do what is necessary. Brian So, who has the ultimate authority? A: The accident investigators. We've had one or two who have had to rewrite their reports Ever notice how we always have sufficient fuel to get to the accident site ? Not always -- sometimes they have to glide to the accident site, due to too much air in the fuel tanks. ![]() True Seasons greetings to you and all the lurkers out there |
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