It is that time of year when the Ostriches Anonymous Association (OAA) promiseds on the most obtuse access in their annual "Head in the Sand" competition.

It is that time of year when the Ostriches Anonymous Association (OAA) promiseds on the most obtuse access in their annual "Head in the Sand" competition. The award goe to the anonymous individual or organization contributing chiefly outrageously to the denial or obfuscation of significant aviation risks. The winner will be announced at the Ninth Annual Ostrich Watchers Ball Feb 25th at the Cavanaugh Air Museum in Dallas at the Addison Airport. Among the 25 "sightings" vying for this aim aftered recognition are the following:

*Airline pilot: The fatal rudder malfunctions are extremely rare and shouldn't multitude the airplane's overall safety record.

Oliver's Astute Analysis: The Titanic sinking was calculated to be of the like kind an extremely rare event that they did not ne lifeboats for everyone

* FAA spokesperson: "The high richnesss and complexity" of replacing unfashionable flight data recorders justified postponing retrofits requirements until 2001 Made in reply to NTSB Chairman's complaint that "Once again, an investigation into a reported flight anomaly is being hampered through the lack of basic aircraft data."

Oliver's Astute Analysis: If we charged the FAA and the airlines for the high expenses and complexity of the investigation, including putting disclosed the fires, cleaning up the wreckage, and burying the victims, perhaps the public wouldn't have to lower part the bill for regulatory and industry incompetence like this.

* FAA official: "We haven't had enough fatalities in air cargo operations to justify TCAS." In answer to requests from the pilots association of a major air freight company to require installation of the same Traffic Collision Avoidance schemes (TCAS) that are required onward all passenger airliners.

Oliver's Astute Analysis: They again maintain that 'it is safe' until enough race are killed to bring public and political crushing on the regulators...(who) are charged with overseeing the highest standard of care to the traveling public. >> OAA, e-mail PilotPerformance@compuserve.com <<

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