Unless you have been living under a rock—or were sucked up by the Rapture—you surely know that the black boxes of the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean two years ago have been found. According to an email received from WSJ today, the report on the info thus derived will come out on Friday.
This is a much-anticipated report.
The report is vitally important to Air France, Airbus, engine manufacturers, air traffic controllers, avionics manufacturers, insurance companies, and a myriad of other parties too numerous to name. Lawyers around the world lie awake at night thinking about this report and praying that their companies, their clients, will not be found lacking.
The ramifications of this report will be tied up in lawsuits for lo these many years. Fortunes will be gained and lost.
Another thing that I’d bet on—something will turn up in this report and the detailed study thereof—that will change the way we operate aircraft. That “something†will save lives in the future.
This openness of information, for all that it may end up resembling a cat fight, is a wonderful thing about our industry. The truth will out, and that’s a good thing overall, though it might be disastrous—even ruinous—for some.
In the meantime, you might want to go for advance ideas to…
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304066504576341631579541512.html?mod=djemalertNEWS
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