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Re: Journal of Internet Disasters
From: "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer () mhsc com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:21:32 -0800
At 11:22 AM 11/18/98 -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 10:20:30AM -0500, Deborah Ann Smith wrote:Even the FAA recognizes no matter how good a flight crew, if they get incorrect information from the Tower, any problems that occur are the Tower's fault!You know; would that this were true. If the tower gives you instructions that you _know_ will endanger your flight, the final responsibility for avoid that danger lies with you as pilot in command. You have to tell them you're ignoring them, but you have to ignore them. Not that this will help you a damn when FAA decides to suspend your ticket for ignoring ATC...
Yes, but that's done, pending review and investigation. If you can document properly you will be exonerated. I happen to know of one instance where this actually happened and both the pilot and the ATC guy were suspended, pending review. Both were exonerated because the problem was equipment failure. Otherwise one of those suspensions might have become permanent. In the air-space, the FAA tends to err on the side of safety, rather than justice. If there is a doubt, everyone involved gets grounded until the doubt is removed. It sounds harsh, but that is a main reason that the air-space has the safety-record that it has. An aircraft's main function is to get you high enough off the ground such that the fall will kill you. - Pilot's credo. ___________________________________________________ Roeland M.J. Meyer, ISOC (InterNIC RM993) e-mail: <mailto:rmeyer () mhsc com>rmeyer () mhsc com Internet phone: hawk.mhsc.com Personal web pages: <http://www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer>www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer Company web-site: <http://www.mhsc.com/>www.mhsc.com/ ___________________________________________ Who is John Galt? "Atlas Shrugged" - Ayn Rand
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- RE: Journal of Internet Disasters, (continued)
- RE: Journal of Internet Disasters Dave Crocker (Nov 15)
- RE: Journal of Internet Disasters Michael Freeman (Nov 16)
- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Michael Dillon (Nov 13)
- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Marc Slemko (Nov 13)
- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Michael Dillon (Nov 14)
- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Deborah Ann Smith (Nov 15)
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- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Roeland M.J. Meyer (Nov 16)
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- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Dave Crocker (Nov 17)
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- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Howard C. Berkowitz (Nov 17)
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- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Roeland M.J. Meyer (Nov 18)
- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Paul A Vixie (Nov 14)
- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Patrick Greenwell (Nov 16)
- Re: Journal of Internet Disasters Paul A Vixie (Nov 16)