Snipage.

[entropius]

So, when I was flying back from Tucson, all the instrumentation on the plane went haywire. They had a backup system, but they had to turn around to Houston and get another plane since they didn't want to fly on their backups

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[middlemarching]

Ahhhhh, all of these problems with airplanes makes me so freaking anxious about going to Germany next month. ):

[kenosarawa]

I've started to notice that this is the general layout of all small planes produced within the last ten to fifteen years. Two multi-purpose screens showing digital information, with the necessary instrumentation (from top to bottom: horizon, airspeed, altitude) in analog form running down the middle so that they can still land the plane with a complete power failure. I'll bet there was a digital readout (a la those big seven-segment anode displays) showing heading on top of the instrument panel

[entropius]

The plane was an ERJ, if that matters.

And, no ... the second plane was just dandy.

[jaralith]

The Christmas Tree! You must have been in Endeavour. =) That was my favorite Mission Control to operate when I worked there, because I could pull the Christmas Tree on the trainees. ;)

[kenosarawa]

Well, I was in advanced academy... Whichever the big one along the wall is...

[operagirl04]

*worryworry*

I'm glad you got back safely.
Now Ima go worry about all the problems the planes seem to be having, since I gotta fly in a month.
*bitesfingernails*

[entropius]

They're not really having that bad of problems -- nothing has actually gone wrong. Planes have so many doublechecks and redundancies built in...

[operagirl04]

yeah, but it doesn't help my confidence when this happens after my last flight back here the plane's door wouldn't close properly.

[trell_the_good]

Hmmm, were you on an American Airlines flight?

[entropius]

Nope, Continental.