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ast yearl wrote an article Mlnimum runway length is longer ]u~t because some things (takeoits for

about airplanes and pipelines for wet mnways because it harder example) happen often does NOT mean

Like automobiles, tmcks and to stop an airplane on a wet runway they should be taken for granted. Yes

trains, airplanes and pipelines Minimum runway length is also longer 99.9%- of all takeotts are more or less
are essential to society as we know ior reduced power takeons because it normal 7 just like the overwhelming
it in the uniterl states All demand takes longer to reach flylng speed if maionty of excavations when a one call
respect This morning lwas reading an less power is used. The cocpilol was ticket has been callecl in, underground
article about aviation rlecision making splitting hairs between "damp" anrl utilities have been properly marked,
written by a retired airline pilot with "wet." His chans only applied to anrl good excavation practices applied
ovex 28,000 hours in the air. His name "wet" ninways Schiff simply asked But it something hart happens, there
is Barry Sduff and he has authored the question; "What would you say most likely will be an investigation and
ovcx1,800 aviation articles (ln case possihly litigation.
f“ “_’“ _‘“‘"°"‘d’ ”‘“"“ “"°“‘ "°”°_ Do you want to he the one that has to

ours as a pilot anrl my rather had his ,, ,,
pilot's license when l was very young. rs ’ ,- d'fi°"“°‘ b°“"‘“ d“’“"
one of my dad’s tavorite sayings was, V i [ } ’
"Think befnn: you do som£Lh|ng."' lam ; By the way, l have a pertect recorcl as
almost positive that he was not talking 5' 3 . 3 a pilot Every time [have taken off,
about pipelines or n|rpI2mI2~ but l am n’ ? ‘V L’ l have lancledtl AND lhave walked
positive that it was, and is-, excellent ‘» ” away AND the airplane was not
advice. lt applies to ]usl about every I ., damaged. Even though l have lanrled
human activity anrl really hits home W? O 1 n thousands of times, l assure you that l
with respect to the aviation rlecision ’ r ” pay lots of attention to lancliiig sately.
making Scltiff described.) Anyway, in , ”’ .
thcanlclelwnsmndlngschifiandhls QW 55; fig “;*'*"k;‘>°"td“'*'“'>'°‘:hm_<‘°;"8
co—plIul were in line to take off in a BIG ' Y“ “E °“° “ " °“‘““ “‘"““‘
airliner. In the "old days" big airliners ' ‘ ‘ , {jg b°“”“' “E SAFE OUT THERE“ .
always used iull power to take off. I C} C} (3 9 4‘‘
That was then Now, reduced power % x * /oliit retired/mat PHMSA and IS ciimmly
can, uncler cenain circumstances, be vice Prt'sId('VlID/l’l;1t=hIIt' systriii Cam;lh—
userl to save ruel, reduce noise and save ante and Upemllmts srimicrsfor cz I’l1rr—
wear anrl tear on expensive iet engines iitvs, LLC. Emmi /oliii I/1Cl71Jl((L‘XZrIS.l‘I21ll
There are extremely cletailed charts at the 112aung7" what }Ie2|nng7 The
that acldress the proper conditions for National Transponation saiety Board
take oits in airliners. l-ower settings, heanng that will occur if something
control setting takeoff weight, wind happens and we clamage the airplane ,4, J, ,9 2 311,
speed, wind direction, gusts, runway or somebody gets liun E 2 [5 1 5 1
mama Thewlllbe,"DldyouLhmk 3 Hum
A critical safcty consideration for you could stop iust as quickly on a H
|akenfl is whether there is enough damp runway as on a dry runway?" i mm“
runway left to abort the takeutt it where is the line between "damp" and 3 _= 1
something goes wrong. it not, an or between ~n.imp~ and ’’dry’’7 ,0 9 EH
airliner cannot take off. what might go ‘ [hm “,2 mm m Pam Haw WC 3 an
wrong and when also factors into the , 7 — . 1 7 g 9 4 3 2 5
Dqumm Schlm mwm Wm Wmmd is sate. The short answer . especially . .
bmusc the Yummy MS ,.damP_,, happens — is NOT SAFE 4 } 5 1 2 5 7 9 6
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