That jury was SOFT on Parker Hannifin Corp. Fortunately, for all of us,
they
are out of the pump business. The duplicitous management should be thrown
in
jail for 10 years, they had zero regard for pilot's lives.

You know, I've shared these same sentiments privately, but never heard them
expressed publicly before.

How IS it that the FAA allowed installation of the almost completely
unreliable "dry" vacuum pumps, after so many years of success with the
bullet-proof "wet" pumps? Experience seems to show that dry pumps are just
a catastrophic failure waiting to happen, and the statistics show that a
vacuum failure in IMC often results in doom.

Anyone know the history here?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"karl" wrote in message
...
4M$ sounds like too good a deal. All Parker Hannifin Corp ever did was
screw
general aviation with poorly designed vacuum pumps with possibly the worst
reliability of any aviation component.


Karl