From: madflyer01@yahoo.de   
      
   John Mazor wrote:   
   > "Eeyore"  wrote in   
   ...   
   > I'm not and engineer so I can't rebut or prove the technical   
   > points in his filing, but one obvious error did jump out.   
   > He characterized nitrogen interting for fuel tanks as a   
   > "band-aid" to meet safety requirements for the B-787, a   
   > band-aid that isn't necessary on aluminum planes.  But there   
   > have been several fuel tank explosions on aluminum   
   > airliners - most notably the "B-as-in-Boeing"-747 in   
   > TWA800 - that probably would have been prevented by   
   > inerting.  For a 46-year Boeing employee that's a pretty   
   > glaring mischaracterization so at that point I stopped   
   > reading.   
      
   Nitrogen inerting is also investigated on aluminium planes....   
      
   the lightning strike protection indeed is a big issue on carbon fibre plastic   
   parts....or aircraft..:-)   
      
      
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