"Paul Stewart" wrote in message
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"Alan" skrev i en meddelelse
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Ron
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Non urinat in ventum

You know.. you are absolutely right. It would have to depend on the
circumstances surrounding such a disaster. An accident that, let's say,
occurred during landing in bad weather would be the flight crew's fault
and
shouldn't reflect on Airbus. However, were there to be a string of
unexplained failures like what happened with the DeHavilland Comet,
that,
I
believe, would affect sales.
Either way - tragedy for the news networks to feed upon.

or for fear-mongers like you ;-)


Paul, I disagree with the label you place on me.
In aviation circles, I'm one of the guys they may call after it has gone
wrong. I get cynical because it is not my job to place blame or figure out
on site how to prevent things from happening again. Sometimes due to a
string of minor loosely related errors, s*it happens.
In the USA, it's the talking heads with the faux seriousness, journalists or
struggling anchors on site with the microphones and video cameras who IMHO
more at times aptly fit "fear-monger".
All the Best,
Alan



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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those
entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it
into tyranny.
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