Test pilots wanted
Its been an interesting week or so in news coverage. A mix of politics and natural disaster. And of course the volcano eruption in Iceland. One of the interesting news lines was the KLM plane that was sent up to test the impact ash has on the engines. Go Dutch! And they did. They shared the risk (or not as the case may be). A few days later the Germans sent up a plane and then BA. Why? God knows. Given that the air ways would not be opened up just to one airline why would:
1) one take the risk (is this an interesting sign of desperation and business impact)
2) having sent up one plane from KLM 2 other plans were put at risk.
Its not as if there is huge variation in engine technology to the point that one Boeing would be safe and an airbus would not.
It was interesting to see that the navy is sending out two ships and an aircraft carrier to ferry people across the channel. Can you imagine the cost of such an exercise! Unimaginable. That's what happens when politicians get involved. Why would you do this. Surely you would send across empty chunnel car trains (you know the ones you drive on at one end and off the other). You could fill one of those trains with hundreds and hundreds of people for the 30 min or so crossing. You must be able to get stacks of people back that way at far cheaper rate than using an aircraft carrier.
Nice one!
1) one take the risk (is this an interesting sign of desperation and business impact)
2) having sent up one plane from KLM 2 other plans were put at risk.
Its not as if there is huge variation in engine technology to the point that one Boeing would be safe and an airbus would not.
It was interesting to see that the navy is sending out two ships and an aircraft carrier to ferry people across the channel. Can you imagine the cost of such an exercise! Unimaginable. That's what happens when politicians get involved. Why would you do this. Surely you would send across empty chunnel car trains (you know the ones you drive on at one end and off the other). You could fill one of those trains with hundreds and hundreds of people for the 30 min or so crossing. You must be able to get stacks of people back that way at far cheaper rate than using an aircraft carrier.
Nice one!
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Having done the across-the-channel exercise today I can solemnly declare that an aircraft carrier is a much more exciting idea than an empty car. Just done one ferry and seven trains to get back and had the last one been an aircraft carrier, it would have made my day (or three days, as that's what it took).
So don't spoil the fun, please. We want aircraft carriers. Excellent idea. More like that.
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