http://leedoren.com/2010/07/26/story-of-cosmetics-the-critique/ The official website and commentary archives of Lee Doren. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://leedoren.com/2010/07/26/story-of-cosmetics-the-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-1216 David Schreiner Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:02:21 +0000 http://leedoren.com/?p=276#comment-1216 Her airplane scenario was great. Only about 20% of an aircraft is inspected. When you think about any one piece, say a landing gear leg, only certain parts could fail. The rest is so strong and under-stressed, it can't fail and is deemed so safe, there is no requirement or need to inspect it. So while rod ends are under mandatory checks the other 90% of the rod aren't. If we had laws requiring 100% of every airplane to be inspected at intervals short enough to be meaningful, only the most wealthy people in world could afford to fly and the aircraft wouldn't be any safer. Her airplane scenario was great. Only about 20% of an aircraft is inspected. When you think about any one piece, say a landing gear leg, only certain parts could fail. The rest is so strong and under-stressed, it can't fail and is deemed so safe, there is no requirement or need to inspect it. So while rod ends are under mandatory checks the other 90% of the rod aren't.
If we had laws requiring 100% of every airplane to be inspected at intervals short enough to be meaningful, only the most wealthy people in world could afford to fly and the aircraft wouldn't be any safer.

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