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neXus · **Reply #30 on:** January 18, 2008, 03:05:16 AM

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Reply #30 on: January 18, 2008, 03:05:16 AM

I defiantly feel less safe riding a bike on busy roads then a plane trip

Sam · **Reply #31 on:** January 18, 2008, 04:27:27 AM

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Reply #31 on: January 18, 2008, 04:27:27 AM

Quote from: Clockd 0Ne

Too right, Im not a worrier but flipping in a softop is a scary prospect whe your head pokes up higher than the seats and theres not even a stylebar to help you.

Planes have constant maintenance, checking and testing, failsafes, etc. Its actaully very hard to bring a plane plummeting down through mechanical failure - at the end of the day they can all glide and emergency land anywhere. In that Heathrow report one passenger said he just thought the landing was "a bit rough".

You wait until youre trapped in an airport on Christmas day because the plane failed safety checks, but dont worry itll be fine tomorrow. Then lets see your atttitude

neXus · **Reply #32 on:** January 18, 2008, 05:00:06 AM

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Reply #32 on: January 18, 2008, 05:00:06 AM

Quote from: Sam

Quote from: Clockd 0Ne
Too right, Im not a worrier but flipping in a softop is a scary prospect whe your head pokes up higher than the seats and theres not even a stylebar to help you.

Planes have constant maintenance, checking and testing, failsafes, etc. Its actaully very hard to bring a plane plummeting down through mechanical failure - at the end of the day they can all glide and emergency land anywhere. In that Heathrow report one passenger said he just thought the landing was "a bit rough".

You wait until youre trapped in an airport on Christmas day because the plane failed safety checks, but dont worry itll be fine tomorrow. Then lets see your atttitude

It would be a good one, the fault was found and repaired before I would have stepped on the plane rather then in mid air. So I would be all good

Sam · **Reply #33 on:** January 18, 2008, 05:13:44 AM

plane crash

Reply #33 on: January 18, 2008, 05:13:44 AM

no more like, they were bringing in another plane cos they couldnt fix this one. I was glad when it landed in Gatwick.

Leon · **Reply #34 on:** January 18, 2008, 09:20:10 AM

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Reply #34 on: January 18, 2008, 09:20:10 AM

Quote from: Sam

Quote from: Clockd 0Ne
Too right, Im not a worrier but flipping in a softop is a scary prospect whe your head pokes up higher than the seats and theres not even a stylebar to help you.

Planes have constant maintenance, checking and testing, failsafes, etc. Its actaully very hard to bring a plane plummeting down through mechanical failure - at the end of the day they can all glide and emergency land anywhere. In that Heathrow report one passenger said he just thought the landing was "a bit rough".

You wait until youre trapped in an airport on Christmas day because the plane failed safety checks, but dont worry itll be fine tomorrow. Then lets see your atttitude

Ive been on a plane in greece that went to take off and at the last minute swevered off on the emergancy runway and reported "Sorry guys, didnt quite get enough speed there, lets give it another go" and then circled round and tried agian. Didnt bother me.

oh and another random stat

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The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000

neXus · **Reply #35 on:** January 18, 2008, 09:58:07 AM

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Reply #35 on: January 18, 2008, 09:58:07 AM

Again though hey dooms, the guy took the emergency ramp no problem to try again, he did not have the speed, better then him trying and then you crashing, As you say I would have been fine with that as well

Rivkid · **Reply #36 on:** January 18, 2008, 10:35:28 AM

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Reply #36 on: January 18, 2008, 10:35:28 AM

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Youve got to wonder - how long will it be until there is a serious issue with one of the cheap airlines. I remember Kevin telling me that they dont even get time to do all the safety checks on airlines like Ryanair.

This is absolutely 100% correct. One of our sales guys has friends at one of the cheapo airlines (I wont say which) and he said the trouble is simply time. They have to fly back out in such a short space of time to keep the prices so low that the mechanics dont have half the time they need to do the work they want to but worse still is that the pilots are f*cked. I mean really really knackered to the point that they fall asleep more than youd believe and lets face it that makes their awake reflexes and judgement very questionable. Apparently a lot of the airlines mechanics wont fly with them.

To someone who is slightly scared of flying this news is terrifying!

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #37 on:** January 18, 2008, 10:45:48 AM

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Reply #37 on: January 18, 2008, 10:45:48 AM

Quote from: Sam

Quote from: Clockd 0Ne
Too right, Im not a worrier but flipping in a softop is a scary prospect whe your head pokes up higher than the seats and theres not even a stylebar to help you.

Planes have constant maintenance, checking and testing, failsafes, etc. Its actaully very hard to bring a plane plummeting down through mechanical failure - at the end of the day they can all glide and emergency land anywhere. In that Heathrow report one passenger said he just thought the landing was "a bit rough".

You wait until youre trapped in an airport on Christmas day because the plane failed safety checks, but dont worry itll be fine tomorrow. Then lets see your atttitude

Ive been in exactly that situation and it didnt bother me. At the end of the day, they spotted the problems and knew it wasnt safe. The chances of the next plane in turn having some unnoticed and fatal flaw that you then proceed to fly with is highly unlikely. Youre a worrier in general about these things, the same with cars

Edd · **Reply #38 on:** January 18, 2008, 10:51:37 AM

plane crash

Reply #38 on: January 18, 2008, 10:51:37 AM

from what i remember sams mondeo was a death trap

Eggtastico · **Reply #39 on:** January 18, 2008, 11:19:29 AM

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Reply #39 on: January 18, 2008, 11:19:29 AM

Quote from: neXus

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Quote from: neXus
I remember on tv from a fair few months back, There are more house hold accidents leading to serious injury and death in the UK then there are of the same types of Injuries (gashes, burns etc) and deaths on planes.

Amount of planes flying every day, amount of miles, amount of people on those planes going around the skys every day is just as a big ratio as cars

Only thing you have to really ever be worried about on a plane or avoid Is stepping on those unknown small country planes in the east/far east etc since they do not get the money to look after them and most plane deaths are from those airlines each year.

Worrying "is this plane going to crash?" every time you step on a plane is rather a silly notion and no need for it

Erm No.... nearly everyone I know drives daily. Nearly everyone I know fly maybe twice a year max.

No to what? You make a statement that has no bearing on what I said

Yes it did.. you said there are as many people flying everyday as there are people driving cars. Thats totally wrong... Id be suprised if there was more passengers on a flight in a year than people driving a car in a single day.

neXus · **Reply #40 on:** January 18, 2008, 11:35:05 AM

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Reply #40 on: January 18, 2008, 11:35:05 AM

Nah, clearly shows I did not say there are as many people flying as cars, even showed its ni on possible to exactly. I was talking in regard to ratio which if you got a clue you know is different

Eggtastico · **Reply #41 on:** January 18, 2008, 12:03:43 PM

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Reply #41 on: January 18, 2008, 12:03:43 PM

Quote from: neXus

Nah, clearly shows I did not say there are as many people flying as cars, even showed its ni on possible to exactly. I was talking in regard to ratio which if you got a clue you know is different

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Amount of planes flying every day, amount of miles, amount of people on those planes going around the skys every day is just as a big ratio as cars

still makes no sense to me...

Serious · **Reply #42 on:** January 18, 2008, 12:08:22 PM

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Reply #42 on: January 18, 2008, 12:08:22 PM

Quote from: Eggtastico

Quote from: neXus
Nah, clearly shows I did not say there are as many people flying as cars, even showed its ni on possible to exactly. I was talking in regard to ratio which if you got a clue you know is different

well

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Amount of planes flying every day, amount of miles, amount of people on those planes going around the skys every day is just as a big ratio as cars

still makes no sense to me...

Exactly, he perfectly fudged the issue and let you think what you want

Mark · **Reply #43 on:** January 18, 2008, 17:54:50 PM

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Reply #43 on: January 18, 2008, 17:54:50 PM

It wouldnt really matter if the correct checks were done on the ground, as with car garages nowadays, all the technicians are little more than fitters who diagnose problems by plugging a laptop into a diag port. Proper, skilled technicians are too expensive.

Bartop · **Reply #44 on:** January 18, 2008, 18:29:20 PM

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Reply #44 on: January 18, 2008, 18:29:20 PM

prelim investigation confirms engine fault..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196962.stm

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