From no failures to too many failures!

[Jetflyer]

You don't have to maintain the plane after each and every flight. You have to maintain them every 25 hours and every 100 hours, and on top of that the
status of the plane drops slightly after each flight, so there is a cost status showing how much the plane's maintanence would be worth after every
flight. I usually start "maintaining" my planes after their status drops below 95% or so.

Another emergency reason to maintain the plane would be to repair damage, let's say if you bugger up and damage the plane (Like when I drove my 757
off the runway at Washington Dulles) or if a failure occurs and it needs repairing anyway (like when the gear of my 757 failed on departure this
morning) these can cost a lot of money though so use the part paid insurance feature.



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[SaVas]

I had a run with several failures, but my last dozen or so flights none to report. I kinda mis them. If I went in the hole money wise I could
just sell my heap of good-for-nothing Airbus A380

[Fritz Bayerlein]

Airbus, synonymous with repetitive failures!

[SaVas]

Fritz Bayerlein wrote:
Airbus, synonymous with repetitive failures!

I think the brand new Chevrolet Z28 I bought in 1995 that I sold that same year was made by Airbus

[Fritz Bayerlein]

DId your tires get tired 90 degrees sideways too? :-O

[MattNW]

If you remember back to statistics class you'll see why back to back failures are possible. A 5% failure rate doesn't mean that if you fly 95
flights then you are guaranteed a failure on number 96. A 5% failure rate means that each flight has a 5% chance of a failure
occuring. You could fly a dozen flights and not have a single failure then suddenly have 10 in a row or one then nothing for another dozen
flights. What a 5% faiure rate means is that in the long run you will have 5% failures. One experiment we did in school was to roll a die
and count how many times it came up with six. in ten rolls you can't see the percentage making any difference but if you roll say 100
times or 1000 times you begin to get the right percentage. In other words the statistical clock is reset each time you fly.

[ezzeke3]

I like the airbus.. well I fly the A320 95% of the time but I've never had any trouble with them. Come to think of it, I've had FS Passengers
since day 1. I've flown the A320 on every flight and decided to change things up. So I bought the Eaglesoft Sitation... On the very first
takeoff I got a bird strike which shut down the number 1 engine... I bet if I was in an Airbus that wouldnt have happend


I know a bird strike could have happend in an Airbus, I'm just showing how much I love 'em. I'm about to get the CH Yoke and pedals and
from what I'm hearing I will start to hate the Airbus.... We'll see how things go though....

[Fritz Bayerlein]

How big are these birds? They test new engines these days by firing 8lbs frozen chickens into the engines to test their durabiliy. I think
the PW4000s on the 777 held up nicely with the titanium-tipped blades.

[Jackal]

how does the percentage thing work. is it calculated at the beginning of the flight or what? ie. a long haul pilot with 1% chance of failure is
in the air longer than a regional pilot with the same setting. so the long haul pilot is prone to more or the same failure? do u get what im
saying, im not very good with words and not explaining myself very well
if anyone can reiterate my question a lil better, id be happy as larry

[DanSteph]

Jackal wrote:
how does the percentage thing work. is it calculated at the beginning of the flight or what?

Beggining of flight else it would not be a % if it would be recalculated several time per flight....

Dan