Bucky wrote:
I was listening to KABC radio yesterday during the JetBlue incident.
[... reporter talking to fire official...]
F: No, we are not foaming the runway.
R: Hmm, I must have watched too many Bruce Willis movies.

Unfortunately, you can't blame the reporter too much. He's right about
the movies and airplanes. Let's see, according to the movies:

* you must foam the runway
* shooting a gun in the airplane blows a giant hole
* the bullet hole sucks everything out... for hours
* depressurization causes an airplane to dive out of control
* a failed engine makes a GA airplane dive out of control
* when diving out of control, both pilots must pull back on the yoke
* etc

It's also sad how so many of those Jet Blue passengers were sure they
were going to die... because of that canted front gear. And how the AP
reported breathlessly that the pilot did something unusual when he
"balanced the plane on its rear wheels while landing". I guess they
never noticed that's the way airplanes usually land.

Ah well.
Kev