BILL,
     In a message dated 09-08-97 you wrote ...
> Does it always take loss of life before problems are corrected, or does
> it just seem that way?
  It may just seem that way.   When something happens, the pilots
 may just have a second or two to correct it.  Then a review board
 sometimes takes two or three years to come up with a cause.  Look
 at the TWA 800 case...
       On the Fine Air accident, I may presume that the DC-8 had
 electric trim... I have not flown commercial... but runaway trim
 COULD cause a similar problem if not disengaged immediately.
      I see some of the corrective actions and they seem absurd.
  My technical knowledge is way out of date...
   -=*  Jim Sanders  *=-
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