The following report is fictional: ------------------------------------------------------------ A leaked report on a critical fault with the Airbus A380 Auto-Flight System Flight Guidance controls, has found that this aircraft is twice as likely to crash as other commercial aircraft flying today. Corruption of key SID/STAR data files within the system, has been found to produce critical flight errors when calculating the Runway Transition, SID, SID Transition, Top of Descent, STAR Transition, STAR and Instrument Approach Paths. Even when critical flight errors do not eventuate, problems with the fuel management mix system (FMMS) have been found to lead to a significant increase in flight times on these aircraft. In response, aviation authorities worldwide have today issued the following statements: although these planes are twice as likely to result in crashes and passenger deaths than other aircraft, it would be far too disruptive to withdraw the entire fleet from service. They are working diligently to fix the problem and are confident the risk of death and flight delays will soon be minimised. -------------------------------------------------------- OK then. How do you feel about flying the Airbus? Is being twice as likely to die on any flight an acceptable risk for passengers? Is there any negligence here on the part of the aircraft industry in continuing to fly these planes in this state? Surely you can not just ground them all. What to do? Emergency Stall Warning: Of course it would be outrageous and unacceptable for the aircraft industry to respond this way. There would be public outcry. --------------------------- The following report is 100% true: The December 2011 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine contains a study undertaken by Adam Singer from the Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, New York. This retrospective study of 41,256 patients admitted to an academic hospital from the ED, found that both mortality and hospital length of stay increased significantly with patients that spent greater than 2 hours in the ED once a decision to admit had been made ( known as ‘boarded patients’ ). And when he says significant, he means mortality doubled (2.5% in patients boarded for
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