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   From: BtB@BB.not.aaaaaaa   
      
   "Maxwell" <#$$9#@%%%.^^^> wrote in   
   news:DCbel.4462$k57.1247@newsfe09.iad:   
      
   >   
   > "Bertie the Bunyip"  wrote in message   
   > news:Xns9B9AE2A65A8AApissupropeeh@208.90.168.18...   
   >> Flydive  wrote in   
   >> news:49779905$1_3@news.bluewin.ch:   
   >>   
   >>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Again, maybe the Airbus is different, but for example on my   
   >>>>> aircraft the ditch switch does more than "sealing" fuselage, it   
   >>>>> does: -depressurizes the cabin (so you can open the doors)   
   >>>>> -Shuts down the packs (so no risk of pressurization   
   >>>>> -closes the outflow valves (so no water can get in.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nope, it just closes the holes in the belly.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> As I said probably the Airbus is different, on other aircraft the   
   >>> switch does a bit more.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>> Check list also calls for pulling the APU and engines fire   
   >>>>> handles, you probably don't want to ditch with APU running (or   
   >>>>> engine you are still trying to relight)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Well, maybe you should go and drive your airplane into the hudson   
   >>>> and show em how it's done.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Bertie   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> Never said I would have done a better job, and personally I prefer   
   >>> to complete the flight to the destination airport rather than go   
   >>> into the water, we were discussing about the ditch switch and if to   
   >>> flip it or not.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> No, you're not. You're second guessing the crew.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> If the emergency check list calls for it is probably a good idea to   
   >>> do it, then if you prefer the creative way, well is up to you.   
   >>>   
   >>> I agree they did a great job, at the end everybody got out alive.   
   >>> That doesn't mean that we cannot talk about what could have been   
   >>> differently.   
   >>>   
   >>> You for example would have been trying to restart your engines after   
   >>> a probable catastrophic failure till the end.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Yep.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Bertie   
   >>   
   >   
   > From the poster child for second guessing others. Did you think you   
   > held the copyrights?   
   >   
   Make up your mind Maxie, you insinuated that this was not correct in   
   your last post..   
      
   Bertie   
      
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