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Why? Any modern twin-engine plane can operate just fine on a single engine. Dual engine failure is extremely rare, especially at altitude - most of the time it'
by pc86 2y ago
Why? Any modern twin-engine plane can operate just fine on a single engine. Dual engine failure is extremely rare, especially at altitude - most of the time it's birds like the USA1549 at much lower altitudes.
- musha68k 2y agoYeah, I know all of that plus the ecological / economic side.. it still irks me. Maybe I've seen just too many failing redundant disk arrays in my career.
- potatolicious 2y agoFortunately aircraft are evaluated on a much stricter standard than hard disks...
- musha68k 2y agoYou don't say! ;P
- carabiner 2y agoYou should work on that. Generalizing tech/CS concepts to the physical world is a common shortcoming I see among SWE's. They just don't understand concepts of variability in the real world or experimental physical science.
- xattt 2y ago> Any modern twin-engine plane can operate just fine on a single engine Introducing Boeing’s latest innovation… ESOPS!
- pinewurst 2y agoI thought their latest innovation was the sunroof…
- greengreengrass 2y agoThey invented that back in '88 when the roof came off Aloha Flight 243! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243)