There is only one word to describe this tale: greed. For whatever reason, while reading the article, the names of Enron, AOL, Adelphia (and few others) popped in my mind.
Thanks for pointing it to us. Regards, Naftali Shani, Catena Networks (www.catena.com) 307 Legget Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2K 3C8 613.599.6430/866.2CATENA (X.8277); C 295.7042; F 599.0445 E-mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Fred Townsend [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 3:42 AM To: Ken Javor Cc: Gary McInturff; EMC-PSTC (E-mail) Subject: Re: Swissair 111 - long winded even by my standards but an interesting article Scary! I squirmed in my seat as I read the article. You see I did the electrical design part of a similar system. Our system had a critical design flaw. It was a mechanical error so I was not responsible for the error but it could have crashed the airplane. Luckily we did not use a contractor for certification. We submitted straight to the FAA. The FAA spotted the problem and it was soon fixed. It makes me wonder what would have happened if we used a contractor to certify. In another vein, did anyone else pick up the error in the article? It related to the disk drive. It probably was the reporter's error. I see errors of this kind so frequently when you have a journalist or English major writing about scientific issues. They are not equipped to do the job. Fred Townsend Ken Javor wrote: > I drove from Huntsville, AL to Ft. Wayne, IN, today mostly because flying > is such a pain these days. Now I'm glad I drove from a safety viewpoint as > well. > > Seriously, there is something wrong if gov't oversight is necessary to make > sure an aircraft is put together right. I think there is a very simple, > very old fix for this problem. Accountability. They had it back in > Babylon. The Code of Hammurabi. If an architect builds a house, and that > house collapses and kills the owner, then the architect's life is also > forfeit... > > on 2/18/03 7:50 PM, Gary McInturff at [email protected] > wrote: > > > http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2003/2003-02-17-swissair.htm > > > Ken Javor > EMC Compliance > Huntsville, Alabama > 256/650-5261 This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
