Pilotage Moto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-oDjVGUKHQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSUgp7Cm1N0&NR=1

Which video is better to use for a project on aviation accidents in your opinion?

It’s not like they can pull over in car and walk a few miles.
How much money will they save paying off the crash victims’ families?

Pilots Complain Airlines Restrict Fuel To Cut Cost

WASHINGTON - Pilots are complaining that their airline bosses, desperate to cut costs, are forcing them to fly uncomfortably low on fuel.

Safety for passengers and crews could be compromised, they say.

The situation got bad enough three years ago, even before the latest surge in fuel prices, that NASA sent a safety alert to federal aviation officials.

No action.

Since then, pilots, flight dispatchers and others have continued to sound off with their own warnings, yet the Federal Aviation Administration says there is no reason to order airlines to back off their effort to keep fuel loads to a minimum.

“We can’t dabble in the business policies or the personnel policies of an airline,” said FAA spokesman Les Dorr. He said there was no indication safety regulations were being violated.

The September 2005 safety alert was issued by NASA’s confidential Aviation Safety Reporting System, which allows air crews to report safety problems without fear their names will be disclosed.

“What we found was that because they carried less fuel on the airplane, they were getting into situations where they had to tell air traffic control, ‘I need to get on the ground,’” said Linda Connell, director of the NASA reporting system.

With fuel prices now their biggest cost, airlines are aggressively enforcing new policies designed to reduce consumption.

Spare fuel beyond the minimum required by FAA is often added to airliners to allow for weather or airport delays. That adds weight, which burns more fuel and increases a plane’s operating cost. A Washington-to-Los Angeles flight by an Airbus 320 with 150 passengers burns about 29,500 pounds, or 4,300 gallons, of fuel. That costs about $14,600. Adding an additional 1,500 pounds, about 219 gallons, would cost about $750 more.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_go_ot/airlines_fuel;_ylt=At2Iqic_Buh8E6C_jM7JXFsDW7oF

nowadays it has become too ridiculous. almost every few weeks, i hear a news of aircraft failing or crashing. where is the engineering expertise and technological advances gone??? do you think aviation is still at premature stages?

i left my landing light on last night.. have you ever been blamed for something bizzare?