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Old October 6th 06, 03:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default NW_Pilot's Trans-Atlantic Flight -- All the scary details...

Neil Gould writes:

Your experience sounds to me more like a hardware problem than software.
For example, the continuous rebooting may be caused by an intermittent
ground connection to the G1000, causing its power to switch on and off.
Given that the panel was "hacked" by the same outfit that made the poorly
kludged aux tank system (a system that clearly does have a major design
flaw) and gave you the bogus operating instructions, I am far more
suspicious of them than Garmin. The G1000 was only the most obvious
indicator of a major problem somewhere in the aircraft.


Most reboots are caused by software. If the power were being switched
on and off, it would not be synchronized with the boot process.

If it were me, I wouldn't do such an interview, as there is no conclusion
about the real cause of the problems you experienced. To point the finger
on the basis of pure speculation would leave you vulnerable. As can be
seen from the discussion that this has generated, inuendo can go a long
way toward creating a lasting negative impression that has no basis in
fact -- yet.


On the other hand, it's hard to be too cautious, and publicity has a
way of giving the corporate world more of a conscience.

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