Please, please, please read gain what I wrote. But to explain, again, what I said was that the grissly accident at TFS shows just what CAN happen in the BEST regulated aspects of jet engine operation. It is up to US to keep OUR house in order and do all that we reasonably can to protect others, and ourselves, from the possible hazards of OUR operation. I made a comparison and I think its very valid. Your reminder to us not to get bodily sucked into our engine means you entirely missed the point to the degree that you felt the need to trivialise the issue.

Clearly you do not share my concerns and that rather confirms, to me at least, the nature of the our problem !!

Actually your post makes me think the problem is worse than I thought. As you point out there are problems in many aspects of our operations , failsafe operation, propane dump etc are safety issues which SHOULD be in the manual. Thats one thing which could easily be fixed. Its no guarantee that it will be properly applied but at least the info will be in the hands of EVERY user.

You say that you dont see that pressing this issue will solve the problem, then just WHAT will , ideas please, beecause results to date are not encouraging!

You say that you don't see a large i/c engine manual telling you to set the failsafe etc. In the UK the BMFA EXTENSIVELY publicised the correct failsafe settings on radios AFTER the death of young girl because of an incorrectly (not ) set failsafe.

Finally Mr Graphix would you rather have me, (unaligned to any model manufacturer but a committed customer of jetCat with a whole lifetime of experience of jet engine operation from JPX to CF6) pressing this issue until it is resolved or would you rather just it be dropped and we wait until the BIG accident happens, THEN do something about it ? Your call.

I passionately belive that sensible action before the accident is vastly better than action AFTER it. There is NO personal gain for me in pursuing this action, far from it, as your post shows, nor do I seek any, but I might, just might, help prevent a preventable accident and THATs what aviation safety awareness is all about, in ALL branches of aviation including ours.

Thats my view born of some extensive experience, take it or leave it. Your experience may tell you otherwise.

Regards,

David.