Fear of Flying

A lot of people still have a fear of flying and with the recent accidents it makes it much worse.Having flown for many years in aircraft that was being repaired or to see what a problem might be.Its called a maintenance flight.
I can assure you that it is safer to fly than ride in a car.The odds of dying in an airplane are like 1 in 25 million.versus the odds in a car.A car accident is 1 in 5000.
Do you like the odds?
The reason you are scared is you aren't driving the plane so you feel unprotected but believe me their are many pilots with many skills and lots of hours.If you just relax and think it is a bus trip then you will be okay.

HELLO?

I just want to talk a little bit.I'm sitting here listening to the helicopters land and take off.I am near a hospital about 2one kilometer .6 miles.It is nice to here them as I used to work on them for 30 years but would not go back to that again.It is to much of a disappointment to watch unqualified people move into management positions only because they are yes men.Believe me Have seen lots of this in the industry.It seems that the pilots all work in a brotherhood to keep the mechanics out.Don't they appreciate our taking care of them.?
I mean do you know how easy it would be to just tweak something to make them:disappear:.The times they get caught lying about there on duty and off duty times not to mention the drinking problems that are always covered up.The FAA has no idea what really goes on.At least 90 percent is not reported.And other items that should be reported are not.
I've seen pilot deliberately overfly required inspection to make the revenue only to have management threaten the job of the mechanic if he didn't back date it.
And you See the results on the news.
Why did the Brazil flight go down?Because someone ordered the mechanic to dis arm the reverse thruster and allow it to be flown..It should be up to the maintenance to provide safety not their bean counters.
This has always been a major problem and will continue until there is a distinct difference in flying and maintenance.
Have a nice trip

A tragedy

Having been in aviation for 30 years I am still devastated when there is a crash .And now there is one in Brazil.I have flown more than the average business person and still feel comfortable to fly.I just dislike that lose of lives and the finger pointing that follows.It seems the majority of accident are blamed on the pilots but then they are dead so that's easy.There are more areas to observe though.I have seen and complained of deferred items.Those items that can be non functional for a certain time frame.Why? Money .Revenue.Greed .Call it what you will but that is the bulk.I have seen managers call on pilots from their homes or dinner parties and demand the pilot take a flight after said pilot turn downed for weather.And many don't stand up to them because their job is on the line now.They may make it to were they need to go but get stuck there or diverted .And if that happens then they need to fill out paperwork on why they accepted said flight.
The flight that crashed in SAO PAOLO seems to have had a reverse thruster inoperable.Why ?Who knows but he took the flight to a known airfields with a short runway.So when he had to stop he basically only had 1 brake sand on water.Who s fault? the mechanic who deferred,the manager that demanded the manufacturer for allowing deferrals the government for allow runway to stay open?Who gains from these tragedies?No one.Who stands to lose when a foreseeable item lurks?Everyone and then some innocent bystanders.
In my opinion the pilot should have grounded the aircraft due to weather and the air traffic controllers should have diverted air craft to another location.Plus in this case the city should expand the airport by imminent domain.Now after there is this tragedy do the money holder say they will make further repair.A famous saying with people I worked with was:you can pay now or pay later: the latter is always greater by 10

Tickets to Brazil

I found some tickets to Manaus's for you surfer guys under 800 round trip total including taxes.And for the Rio people or SAO Paulo I found them as low as 700 round trip.

Cheap airline flights

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