View Poll Results: Would you increase the number of powerplants?
Yes, I would add two additional powerplants for safety.
4
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No, Today's Aircraft with 2 powerplants are sufficient.
20
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Increasing Safety Margins
12-28-2014 | 08:43 AM
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Increasing Safety Margins
If you'd had your druthers for over water, transcontinental heavy passenger flights would you;
1) Add two additional powerplants or;
2) Stay the course with the current two powerplant aircraft.
1) Add two additional powerplants or;
2) Stay the course with the current two powerplant aircraft.
12-28-2014 | 09:56 AM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
Modern engines are far more reliable than those in service a few decades ago...even with only two you're still likely safer than with three or four old-school motors. How safe do you want to be, and what are you willing to pay for it?
12-28-2014 | 04:51 PM
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12-28-2014 | 06:01 PM
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I think the A380 may end up the last airplane with 4 engines for awhile.
With ETOPS time increasing, and efficiency of engines increasing, it makes more sense to have a larger fleet of slightly smaller twinjets than fleets of airplanes with 6-7-800 pax capacity.
It's also easier to fill planes, and supplement routes on the fly.
With ETOPS time increasing, and efficiency of engines increasing, it makes more sense to have a larger fleet of slightly smaller twinjets than fleets of airplanes with 6-7-800 pax capacity.
It's also easier to fill planes, and supplement routes on the fly.
12-28-2014 | 06:04 PM
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Boom! Logic! Whooooo
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