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07-11-2013, 05:58 PM

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cardiomd

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

I don't know if that's true. Look at the Colgan crash:

12Feb2009: Colgan 3407 crashes

14Feb2009: NTSB: Crew reported ice buildup before crash"

14Feb2009: NTSB: Plane didn't dive, landed flat on house

15Feb2009: NTSB: Colgan 3407 pitched up despite anti-stall push

15Feb2009: "Too early to tell if icing caused crash, NTSB says".

Wasn't Hersman chair back then, or was it right after that incident she was made chair? Either way I think she was involved with 3407 investigation IIRC.

07-11-2013, 06:20 PM

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MD11Fr8Dog

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

Uh, technically, same Chairman of the NTSB for that accident!

07-11-2013, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cardiomd

I LIKE where you are going with this. Then after taking care of the hot, radioactive spill, she strips down... sloooowly... into the strangely transparent decontamination shower booth, joined by two of her young female NTSB interns to scrub every last bit of the glowing material from her long flowing locks of hair. Suddenly, from above spews forth the decontamination foam which they start to playfully throw at each other..

oh sorry wrong forum.

Exactly. I worked until 10PM yesterday, and not just because I want to be chief of medicine in a few years, but because it is the right thing to do. You can have ambition and still do a good job.

Hersman seems to be an exceptional job as far as I can see, and it is unfortunate to see her "shine" in this way, but we haven't had a major crash in 10+ years if you don't count Buffalo.

Perhaps this thread might be better for ShyGuy - I'm sure if you search you can find her head photoshopped onto a bikini model somewhere.

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What makes Buffalo a less major crash ? Obviously it was a smaller airplane, but the loss of life and facts which came out regarding the US aviation industry were MAJOR. Not nitpicking, just wanted to understand the context or if you were simply stating that aside from that their weren't any major crashes...

07-11-2013, 09:17 PM

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07-11-2013, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by cardiomd

Completely agree and well said USMC.

Non-pilots can talk about "auto throttles and PAPI lights" and in many instances could understand nuances of a system better than the average pilot. I'm sure that most of those systems were designed by engineers who are non-pilots, too. The overall concepts are not beyond an intelligent layperson, and she could easily study this stuff and be advised by her staff.

More than likely, since half of us pilots are below average. OTOH, most of more recent pilots out there SHOULD have seen the PAPI stuff in their FAA knowledge test preparation - oh wait, they probably only memorized it in multiple choice fashion from some video.