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Old 02-25-2010 | 05:14 PM
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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Originally Posted by acl65pilot
Flows do not work, and it is a nice way to rest longevity. It will probably work for us as the flow will be one way in the years ahead, but that does not mean it is true unity. You know where I stand on that.
Thanks.

ALPA has a history of building flows with the intention that they'll only work in the good direction. This business being what it is, the flow often fails under stress.

Of course this makes sense because the thing was never designed from the outset to work in a worst case scenario.

We have to change that. Job Protection provisions have to be engineered to work in a worst case scenario because that is EXACTLY when they will be called on to function.

I'm sticking with my predictions. The Elliot Wave watchers sure came in to back me up. As always, I hope that I'm wrong.