Ardiva opened this issue on Sep 21, 2005 ยท 28 posts
Incarnadine posted Sat, 24 September 2005 at 8:48 AM
The training that a major puts its pilots through (both initial and recurrent) almost makes this look like a walk in the park sometimes. The gear manufacturer designs and tests its gear for all sorts of potential issues of which this is one. Of course they try to make sure it will never happen but a good designer also does what they can for even that improbable "what if". The real eye opener for me was the inability to dump fuel! Having to cruise for several hours...
Pass no temptation lightly by, for one never knows when it may pass again!