Comments on: Nothing to worry about, http://www.exvigilare.com/2008/01/20/nothing-to-worry-about/ from vulgar Latin *exvigilare: Latin ex-, ex- + Latin vigilare, to stay awake, from vigil, awake Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Phelps http://www.exvigilare.com/2008/01/20/nothing-to-worry-about/#comment-2810 Phelps Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:20:14 +0000 http://www.exvigilare.com/2008/01/20/nothing-to-worry-about/#comment-2810 The rumor is that the fly-by-wire software went tango-uniform at 600 feet and the engines stopped responding to input (and therefore no response when the pilot tried to throttle up.) They are lucky that the control surfaces weren't what stopped responding. So, I wouldn't have any problem with the airport, but I would be a little (but not much) aprehensive about a 777. The rumor is that the fly-by-wire software went tango-uniform at 600 feet and the engines stopped responding to input (and therefore no response when the pilot tried to throttle up.) They are lucky that the control surfaces weren’t what stopped responding. So, I wouldn’t have any problem with the airport, but I would be a little (but not much) aprehensive about a 777.

]]> By: Snaggle-Tooth Jones http://www.exvigilare.com/2008/01/20/nothing-to-worry-about/#comment-2811 Snaggle-Tooth Jones Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:51:28 +0000 http://www.exvigilare.com/2008/01/20/nothing-to-worry-about/#comment-2811 'L, I'm jus' glad I red this AFTAH my young-un landed at Heath Row this mornin'. On a Boeing 777. ‘L, I’m jus’ glad I red this AFTAH my young-un landed at Heath Row this mornin’.

On a Boeing 777.

]]> By: RichieD http://www.exvigilare.com/2008/01/20/nothing-to-worry-about/#comment-2812 RichieD Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:50:08 +0000 http://www.exvigilare.com/2008/01/20/nothing-to-worry-about/#comment-2812 Great googly moogly. Just what you needed to hear. Glad she landed safely. Great googly moogly. Just what you needed to hear. Glad she landed safely.

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