A-380 whens it gonna fly

[Sniper Bob]

Looks like profile is going to win--he has more total time AND more posts.

 

[bocefus]

"Actually, last I heard directly, it was Boeing that had committed to adding hard limits at the CAST-JSIT-LOC meetings, Airbus has no intent to go the other way, it would be contrary to the JSIT findings and the JIMDAT analysis."

Okayyy, please clarify exactly what is contrary to JSIT findings and JIMDAT analysis.

I understand your post to mean that you "heard" that anything other than hard limits would be contrary to the findings Yes? No?

 

[wmuflyguy]

Hate to break up the discussion....but

any more word/spceculation on when is this thing going to fly?

 

[bocefus]

Airbus has postponed the first flight pending resolution of the "Bocefus/Profile discussion concerning Profile's assertion that;

"soft limits would be contrary to JSIT findings and JIMDAT analysis"

 

[profile]

I think that what was stated at JSIT verbally and what finally made it past the various political filters differed, but, as I said before, that doesn't mean that hard limits won't appear on Boeings at some future date. The weight of evidence was clearly towards limits, and there were no findings that hard limits were a problem.

For the record, personally, I prefer soft limits, but the data driven approach that JIMDAT uses pointed for something more than that based on various accidents in aircraft that have soft limits.

Anyway, I'm buried in other stuff right now. My only point was that the data doesn't show hard limits to be an issue, and there is a lot of data that supports the Airbus position on the issue. Whether that makes it through the political process or not is not the issue.

Another example of this is the current deicing regulation for swept, soft-wing transport jets. No question that the current reg is way overkill and that money could be better spent elsewhere, but do you think the political process will allow that to happen?

 

[siucavflight]

Did this thing fly yet? Or are they still just driving it around the airport saying, look everyone it is bigger than the 747. I want to see it fly. Then I cant wait till I get to watch the 787 put airbus right out of business.