X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:40:12 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-pv0-f180.google.com ([74.125.83.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with ESMTPS id 5052917 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:04:34 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.125.83.180; envelope-from=vonjet@gmail.com Received: by pvc21 with SMTP id 21so4171209pvc.25 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.24.41 with SMTP id r9mr3351314pbf.158.1310745838250; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:03:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [10.0.1.4] (cpe-76-172-210-58.socal.res.rr.com [76.172.210.58]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x2sm716327pbn.77.2011.07.15.09.03.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:03:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [LML] Fuel smell in cockpit References: From: Bryan Wullner Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-5--421330812 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8E401) In-Reply-To: X-Original-Message-Id: <24CAE384-C67E-4985-80C4-91D8FAA4177B@gmail.com> X-Original-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:03:22 -0700 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8E401) --Apple-Mail-5--421330812 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Thats called NOD in the "Safety Management System" world. Normalization of D= eviance. Its the main reason we continue to break airpanes and kill people.=20= Bryan On Jul 13, 2011, at 11:54 AM, "Ron Galbraith" wrote: > You should NEVER smell fuel in the cockpit at any time. If you do, this s= hould be an immediate red flag and indicates a fuel leak. Every time I open= the door on an airplane, I smell for fuel. I cannot count the number of ti= mes I've mentioned a fuel smell to the owner when I was to give flight instr= uction and the answer was always. "yes, it smells like that if the plane ha= s been shut up for a while-that's normal". This is not normal and even tho= ugh it may be a small leak, it is a leak and that is dangerous on several le= vels. Just because that's the way it's always been doesn't mean its ok. =20= >=20 > RonG --Apple-Mail-5--421330812 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Thats called NOD in the "Safety Mana= gement System" world. Normalization of Deviance. Its the main reason we cont= inue to break airpanes and kill people. 

Bryan

On Jul 13, 2011, at 11:54 AM, "Ron Galbraith" <cfi@instructor.net> wrote:

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You should NEVER smell fuel in the cockpit at any= time.   If you do, this should be an immediate red flag and indic= ates a fuel leak.  Every time I open the door on an airplane, I smell f= or fuel.  I cannot count the number of times I've mentioned a fuel smel= l to the owner when I was to give flight instruction and the answer was alwa= ys.  "yes, it smells like that if the plane has been shut up for a whil= e-that's normal".   This is not normal and even though it may be a= small leak, it is a leak and that is dangerous on several levels.  Jus= t because that's the way it's always been doesn't mean its ok.  =20
=20 RonG
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