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- From: Dave Williamson <ditka!violin!dmw%piccolo>
- Subject: Re: hydraulic problems with DC-10's??
- Message-ID: <airliners.1992.22@ohare.Chicago.COM>
- Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM
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- Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 16:44:33 EST
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- sdl@linus.mitre.org writes
- > Perhaps now I can get a more definitive answer to the following:
- > Some of my pilot friends have accused the DC-10 as having a
- > particularly bad history of hydraulic problems (which have contributed
- > to a few crashes). But do the statistics really support the notion
- > ...
-
- I don't have anything statistical (others have covered that quite
- admirably) but I had a similar experience.
-
- Being a pilot myself (just small stuff), I tend to meet a lot of
- airline pilots. A former instructor of mine introduced me to a
- friend of his who was currently flying for a major airline. This guy
- referred to the DC-10 as the "Death-Cruiser 10" and said he wouldn't
- fly in it under any circumstances, especially not as a pilot.
-
- My personal opinion is that flying is still safer than other forms of
- transportation, DC-10 accidents notwithstanding. While I prefer
- flying in a B7[456]7 (when I can't fly myself), I have no problem
- getting into a DC-10 if that is what is at the gate.
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- >| David M. Williamson, d.m.williamson@att.com
- >| Commercial, ASEL, IA
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- >| Proud part owner of Archer N7185F
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