They had 5 years to do that, and didn’t start until the very last minute.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 5, 2022, at 8:41 PM, Doug Royer <douglasro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 6/5/22 17:14, sro...@ronan-online.com wrote: >> They had 5 years, and did NOTHING. No amount of time would have changed that. >> >> Shane >> > It is not that simple. And they have done a lot of work. Much more than > NOTHING. > > These are primarily used in low visibility situations. How many crashed > passenger filled planes would have been acceptable? > > Low visibility, low altitude flying is known as IFR. (IFR - Instrument Flight > Rules). There are a hundred or more low altitude flight 'plates' published. > They had to be checked, verified, determined to be safe. This is NOT > something that they just decide. Until they knew it was safe, they had to tag > it as unsafe. Below is an example of just two at the Van Nuys that MIGHT have > been effected. > > They actually have to fly each change to each plate, under different > conditions to re-certify them. And you want them to do that. If they > determine that it was safer if 50 foot higher in one segment, then they had > to re-test again and then release a new 'plate'. > > And they had to certify the equipment, done by the manufacturer and the FAA. > They can't just place the equipment on a test bench and see if it still works. > > We don't know, so go ahead and fly your 500 passengers in low visibility and > see if you crash is NOT how to do it. > > > > -- > Doug Royer - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (http://DougRoyer.US) douglas.ro...@gmail.com > 714-989-6135
