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08-18-2013, 05:50 PM

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MrBojangles

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Does anyone know if the mad dog can be fitted with a one piece O2/smoke goggle combo like the rest of the airline has, or are we stuck with the two piece? I'm not a fan of it especially in the wake of reading the UPS6 report and the testing of the two piece vs. one piece after the accident.

08-18-2013, 05:51 PM

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Purple Drank

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His other eye raising comment is that he is "short ... on unions." He mentioned US labor's efforts to fight cabotage are wasted since European carriers are mostly unionized also.

Hmmm.

Don't tell johnso29. He thinks RA/Delta is looking out for our best interests.

08-18-2013, 06:09 PM

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Bucking Bar

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Pictures from Seattle ...

No dammit, I quit smoking. It came from up here, in the ceiling, I tell ya.

08-18-2013, 06:10 PM

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i'd love to have it but le me guess that won't get it unless the FAA mandates it.

08-18-2013, 06:11 PM

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glad two hot dogs side by side turns you on.

08-18-2013, 06:14 PM

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MrBojangles

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i'd love to have it but le me guess that won't get it unless the FAA mandates it.

you are probably right unfortunately. as always it comes down to money vs. safety

08-18-2013, 06:14 PM

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Bucking Bar

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OK. I got the diagram. So which part do you want to change?

Ask yourself, has it changed in the last 57 years? Then no, it isn't likely to change now.

08-18-2013, 06:19 PM

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That's because at Douglas, a lot of thought went into the toilet.

Nearly no thought went into the:

Wing - oh we already have one of those
Flight Controls - worked in 1960, it will work today
Brakes - carry over
Nose Wheel Steering - see brakes
Engines - Gulfstream's got that worked out - just copy their data and send it in
Avionics - Hey what did we do with that MD-11 stuff that didn't sell? Well, use it.
Hydraulics - we're proud of the fact you don't need the system, but we stuck some DC-10-30 parts in there for good measure, what could go wrong?

The toilet was new, probably because they had to stick a smoke detector in there and decided to finally get rid of the honeybucket on cave wall drawings they were using. Around Douglas, that's exciting stuff! I mean, in Chariots of the Gods they thought this was an ancient astronaut. They just got the orientation wrong ... it is really supposed to be a First Officer looking through a periscope to ensure the mains are down following a hydraulic failure with all the passenger's carry ons piled on top.