########################################################################## # Goanetters-2004 meet in Goa. Dec 21, Tuesday. 12 noon to 2 pm. # # Clube Vasco, Near Municipal Garden, Panjim. Pass the word around! # ##########################################################################
--- "Frederick Noronha(FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabriel, You're doing violence to the debate by > suggesting such an easy > way out as the explanation. My apologies to the Naval service if I sounded too harsh. I am not saying this is an easy way out. In fact there may be basic faults in the design of the aircraft, which cannot be ruled out. However, human error cannot be ruled out either. Disappearance in night-time flying for example, by way of disorientation. Civilian pilots, I uderstand, are tested even for drug intake, and the tests can be as sensitive so much so that a pilot having eaten a poppy-seed cake a week earlier can show a positive reading for intake of opium-derivatives. My question is, are the Navy pilots tested at all? Remember that blood alcohol takes hours before you get a zero reading, so much so that my son (who has to have 0% BAC reading when at the wheel - as all 'P' licence-holders have to) refuses a beer at night if he has to drive in the morning. > there's something > drastically wrong with the Sea Harriers, or their > operation in India, > which isn't being admitted to by the authorities. Probably correct. > In the meantimes, there is a loss of life and a huge > waste of tax-payer's > money. That is correct. That is why my post was not in the least light-hearted. It was as serious as the current TAC slogan against drink-driving in Victoria is "Drink, Drive, Bloody Idiot!". The same slogan should apply to the pilots of the highly-expensive tax-payer funded aircraft. If a pilot does take off in one of these expensive aircraft when he is not exactly fit to do so, he is the one who is being light-hearted and thinks little of the common man. Gabriel. P.S. On another serious tack, at Christmas season (AKA the "silly" season) in Victoria, fleets of police "Booze" buses are seen at frequently at road-junctions testing drivers for alcohol, even during morning rush-hour. Anything above 0.05% for a full-licence holder and you're booked; for 'P' holders, it is 0% so also for any full-licence driver overseeing a learner driver. Drink-driving is a major cause of road-fatalities. Other facilities for preventing accidents at this time of the year are frequent "rest" places for holiday-drivers, as driver-fatigue is another frequent cause for fatal accidents. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
