Originally Posted by
IFlyEm35
Are you an airline pilot? I am. ALPA does have safety concerns and every time stuff like this happens it validates those concerns. However, there is not a plot out there by airline pilots to ground R/C aircraft or make false reports about drones. Especially ones from other countries.
My point about the balloons and birds is that it's not difficult to identify things that you encounter in flight. And yes birds and balloons do get reported if the pilot feels there is a potential impact to other aircraft...I.e. the objects are right on the approach. As for drones, I'm pretty sure a Phantom would do significant damage if it during an airliner doing 200-250 kts. That's why it's getting press.
Just out of curiosity, would you agree with this post I made in another thread?
let me spell out the ramifications of a twin turbine jetliner eating a quad:
1) You immediately lose all thrust from the affected engine making the plane harder to control as the remaining engine must be run at full throttle to keep the plane airborne
2) You immediately lose all electrical power generated by that engine as well as any systems dedicated to that generators bus(power system)
3) You immediately lose all hydraulic pressure generated by that engine. This means that part of the flight controls will no longer work so the plane will be sluggish, at best, answering the control inputs
4) You will no longer be able to use the engine's thrust reversers. With one engine out, using the thrust reverser on the good engine will spin the plane, possibly with catastrophic results
5) You will have to stop the plane using just the brakes, IF THEY STILL WORK THAT IS. Since a "go around" won't be an option due to lack of thrust, the plane will have to land faster than normal. Using just brakes to stop can result in a plane that over-runs the end of the runway, again with potential catastrophic results.
Just to be clear, these are not things that "might happen", THEY WILL HAPPEN AS SOON AS THE QUAD HITS THE FRONT FAN OF THE ENGINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I can prevent someone from getting a quad into the path of an airliner, that's 200+ people that won't be going to the hospital or, worse yet, the morgue