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"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message news My favorite was then AA CEO Bob Crandall's articles in several magazines (Fortune comes to mind) stating that "nearly 70% of our near-misses are with private planes." Ed WIschmeyer and I wrote letters to Fortune telling them that what Crandall REALLY said is that "more than 30% of our near-misses are with other airliners, flown by multi-pilot, professional crews under positive control" and that, since AA had 10% of the airliner fleet, more than 3% of their near-misses were probably with their own planes. In addition, since GA makes up more than 90% of the total number of planes, AA was having "more than 30% of their near-misses" with less than 10% of the planes out there. That part was never published, but Crandall shortly thereafter contacted AOPA t work on a "partnership." I hope that some lower-level AA exec got his wings clipped on that one! Probably -- I'd bet Crandall didn't accept blame for it. When was the last time (if ever) you heard a corporate exec take responsibility for some screw-up? Anyone? You don't get to the top of the heap in corporate America by falling on your sword; you get there by shoving other people onto theirs, or impaling them on yours. |
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"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message news My favorite was then AA CEO Bob Crandall's articles in several magazines (Fortune comes to mind) stating that "nearly 70% of our near-misses are with private planes." Ed WIschmeyer and I wrote letters to Fortune telling them that what Crandall REALLY said is that "more than 30% of our near-misses are with other airliners, flown by multi-pilot, professional crews under positive control" and that, since AA had 10% of the airliner fleet, more than 3% of their near-misses were probably with their own planes. In addition, since GA makes up more than 90% of the total number of planes, AA was having "more than 30% of their near-misses" with less than 10% of the planes out there. That part was never published, but Crandall shortly thereafter contacted AOPA t work on a "partnership." I hope that some lower-level AA exec got his wings clipped on that one! Probably -- I'd bet Crandall didn't accept blame for it. When was the last time (if ever) you heard a corporate exec take responsibility for some screw-up? Anyone? You don't get to the top of the heap in corporate America by falling on your sword; you get there by shoving other people onto theirs, or impaling them on yours. |
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Not PSA but AA and definitely pro GA where I got my start and still enjoy
flying for fun. According to the author pilots with a civilian background should never have been allowed to fly for the airlines. Sure is nice that the grumpy old farts are retired and I get to be one for a while. |
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In article
, Orval Fairbairn wrote: I am a veteran of that battle -- its intent was to put everybody under "positive control," which the system could never handle. At that time, there was a coterie of seven who ruled FAA -- two of whom were Keith Potts, then head of ATC and Herman McClure, then head of FAA Western Div. They had no use for the Little Guy, and wanted to push us off the map. Eventually, we formed a petition to reassign Potts -- McCluire was also reassigned. Sorry about the mixup -- but it was Homer McClure -- not Herman McClure. An old friend who used to work at Douglas told me a Homer story about "Dr. McClure" coming in for a factory visit. Someone asked him if he was an MD or a dentist, to which Homer replied; "PhD." The Douglas people said "Oh, then you're Homer -- we only refer to MDs and dentists as "Dr" around here." |
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