ORIGINAL: Gordon Mc
ORIGINAL: Turbotronic
With logic like that a glider is the safest to travel in. No engine to fail....
LOL - reminds me of a tired old joke from when I was about 10 :
SAA flight 198 heavy is en-route CPT to LHR. Over the intercom comes ''Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We've had a slight problem with one of our 4 engines, so are shutting it down as a precaution. This means that we will fly just a little bit slower, so we will arrive at our destination 1 hour later than planned.''
Half an hour later : ''Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We've had a slight problem with a second engine, so are shutting it down too. The reduced airspeed means that we will now arrive at our destination 2 1/2 hours later than planned.''
An hour after that : ''Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We've had to shut down a third engine. This will slow us down even more, so that we will arrive at our destination 4 hours later than planned.''
Van de Merwe turns to his wife and says ''Let's hope the 4th engine doesn't have to be shut down too, otherwise we'll be up here all bleddy night !''
It is amazing how many folks from the Speaking family have become captains, the last couple of cruise ships I was on where run by a captian Speaking.
And yes, simplier does offer few chances for something to go wrong. If you could make a reciever out a single resistor I would buy it.
Steven