Comments on: Goodbye To Black Boxes?

By: Embry-Riddle Aero Student

Embry-Riddle Aero Student — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:35:38 +0000

I am on the side of the individual with the argument that 10 lbs “will save fuel costs” ….I don’t think so …it’s definitely a weak argument … if those 10 lbs were passengers carry-on weight I could see an overall fuel savings …the amount of information and investigative importance an blackbox has, outweighs the cost to fly the extra 10 lbs. Safety in this case is much less expensive than doing without it, and then not knowing what have caused such an accident. Such devices improve upon aviation and, overall, reduce aviation deaths.

By: Does aviation need better black-boxes ? | Plastic Pilot

Does aviation need better black-boxes ? | Plastic Pilot — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:01:51 +0000

[...] M. White posted an interesting article at all-things-aviation.com about black-boxes. The recent crashes of the AirFrance and Yemenia in the Ocean shown that recovering the black-boxes [...]

By: @cleanwings

@cleanwings — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:57:25 +0000

“REMOVAL OF 10 POUNDS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FUEL COST SAVINGS”?!? Are we pedaling these planes? When was the last time you heard of an airplane of this size have an engine thrust rating measured down to the 10’s of pounds? Do the pilots ever request the plane to be fueled to 96,990 lbs instead of 97K, or have a baggage handler leave off a 10lb bag for “significant fuel cost savings?” Come on, Hersch!