Comments on: Bawk! Bawk-bawk-bawk!!!

By: Bosley

Bosley — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:49:38 +0000

“Ever tried to light a cig at 30,000 feet going 400+mph?”

Yes.

By: Hookarian

Hookarian — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:28:27 +0000

Fancy this… a duck/goose/chicken/large bird could be sucked in through the engine (which happens all the time) but they don’t put a cover/shield over an unprotected somewhat vital part of the plane.

They did however, strand thousands of people which cost millions of dollars for something that wasn’t a legitimate threat to the safety of anyone. “…the FAA said the wiring still was not secured and stowed properly in wheel wells…” ABC site.

Wow. Not even in the wings with the fuel baldder. Ever tried to light a cig at 30,000 feet going 400+mph? Not happening.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:54:48 +0000

Maybe Coburn has Inhofe as a pilot. After that, flying commerical would be a breeze, leaking out, shorted out engines, fire in the hole…whatever.

By: Clark Matthews

Clark Matthews — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:43:48 +0000

Yeah, Hook, I can’t understand why they didn’t just roll the dice. There were only a couple (few) hundred people’s lives on the line…on each flight. When you look at that in relation to the entire population of the world, it hardly registers.

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:28:15 +0000

Soonerken, that was Keith Gaddie down at OU; he said it on CNN in 2004:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CRVI6khX598

By: Soonerken

Soonerken — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:11:15 +0000

As a political pundit once said about Tom Coburn, “He’s a guy you want in the U.S. Senate, just not from your state.” At least he’s got a brain; they’re still searching for Jim Inhofe’s.

By: Hookarian

Hookarian — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:38:46 +0000

As an aviator, I must ask two things…(a) what was the reason for causing the groundings and (2) what is the point of this one? (please notice my “sarcasm”).

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=4639754

Some wiring loom was missing on some planes. If some wires lost their cover’s cover, and we had a fuel leak and a short (read: SPARK from said wires) then maybe we could have had a fire. I’m out to buy a lottery ticket. Ric Romero here, Goodnight.

Penguins.

By: LarryMathis'Beer

LarryMathis'Beer — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:18:22 +0000

Ummm….what happened to the hot guy a day thing?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:20:11 +0000

Well I guess Senator Coburn is just hardheaded.
Oh wait…that’s Inhofe.

By: Tulsa Taco Tico tout

Tulsa Taco Tico tout — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:40:04 +0000

“Normally the person being shot does not request the shooter pull the trigger.”

This has been proven to be a bad bet. Unlike on TV, the taunter frequently has his bluff called in real life.