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   From: kymhorsell@gmail.com   
      
   In alt.astronomy Jim Wilkins  wrote:   
   > "R Kym Horsell"  wrote in message   
   > news:v62l3f$1r7h$4@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com...   
   >   
   > The guy told me his immed boss said the company methods were totally   
   > fine becasue they built controllers and devices for military jets, and   
   > military pilots knew the job was dangerous when they took it.   
   >   
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   >   
   > If they know how to react to combat damage and breakdowns in 50-year-old   
   > aircraft small fluctuations in thrust shouldn't bother them. The simulators   
   > allow an instructor to introduce sudden failures for them to correct, until   
   > the action becomes instinctive.   
   >   
   > https://www.legacygt.com/topic/28724-aircraft-mechanic-jokes/   
   >   
      
   I think at the time there had been a series of crashes related to   
   failure of the engine controllers in militraty aircrft. Thrust variations   
   can be nasty but some scenarios involved the thing failing "energically",   
   with initial shrapnel getting into the engine, and more shrapnel peppering   
   the aircrew as they eject. Think dropping a dod at Mach 2.   
      
   --   
   [The general strikes again:]   
   > In general, if the mean of a set of numbers is increased the variance   
   > is increased.   
   Don't think so.   
   0 1 2 3 4 5 mean 2.5 variance 3.5   
   1 2 3 4 5 6 mean 3.5 variance 3.5   
   -- troppo , 25 Oct 2011 08:42 +0000 (UTC)   
      
   [var(sX) = s^2var(X)].   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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