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I overheard a conversation this morning on MSNBC that confused me. There was a segment about The Things Pilots Know, during which the anchor read an email sent in by a pilot. Apparently, pilots are under enormous pressure to fly with less fuel in order to save money. This pilot confessed that he feels incredible discomfort flying with the new fuel requirements.
The market has decided your safety is no longer essential
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You don’t understand the free market will fix everything. Because planes are falling out of the sky people will stop flying on those airlines, and in self interests they will put more fuel in the tank. Sure it will suck to be on the many flights that will have to drop out of the sky before ticket sales drop off enough for the airlines to start putting more fuel in the plane’s tank. In the end it will be less expensive for all of us, not unlucky enough to be on those doomed flights, because we all know that when a corporation’s operation costs go down they always lower prices. Because this is text I feel like I should point out that I am being facetious.
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#1 - Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:57 AM EDTThey have most likely done the math. They calculated the cost of losing a plane load of people and the law suits against fuel savings. Sounds like fuel savings have won out.
Ford did that with the Pinto in the 70's. Either recall all the cars and fix the exploing gas tanks or let them go and pay out in law suits. They figured it was cheaper to pay for burnt bodies.
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#2 - Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:23 AM EDTHeard from the executive suite, "If those damn union pilots don't like it, let them get out an walk!"
When it comes to failure analysis, there are some situations where the cost of failure is so high that you simply do not want to go screwing around. This, I believe, is one of them. Pilots, it might surprise the executives, know something about flying an airplane. They know more about flying than accountants, it might surprise the executives. If you run a FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) on this problem, or any other, that exercise will provide guidance and instruction toward decision-making.
The costs of failure are too high here to be cutting this too thin. If the pilots become uncomfortable, I'd listen to them.
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