I like the idea
I like the idea of the big, fuel guzzling jets not making it. So, I'm proposing a reasonable way for them NOT to make it into service.
The DeHaviland Comet was the first jet airliner, and it had multiple crashes, ultimately caused by the shape of the window. Now, suppose that anotehr jetliner design also has an unrelated design flaw that also leads to several crashes. To make matters worse, a celebrity's arrival is being covered live on TV and radio, and we have anotehr "Hindenburg moment." A third type of jet has a nasty crash within days--perhaps not even design related--other things cause crashes, too.
Now, the public is thoroughly convinced that jet travel is unsafe. Congressional comittees are viewing with alarm, Parliament is looking into things, and the airlines put off development of new jets due to the risks seen--the public might not want them.
Now is a good time for varied interests to get involved also. The railroads introduce a faster train--and funnel money to appropriate groups that are spreading fear of jets. We could set back jet airplanes for a generation.
Now the demand for fast, easy travel might get the railroads to develop a fast, reliable Boston-Washington express, and put railroads back in the public eye.
I like the idea of the big, fuel guzzling jets not making it. So, I'm proposing a reasonable way for them NOT to make it into service.
The DeHaviland Comet was the first jet airliner, and it had multiple crashes, ultimately caused by the shape of the window. Now, suppose that anotehr jetliner design also has an unrelated design flaw that also leads to several crashes. To make matters worse, a celebrity's arrival is being covered live on TV and radio, and we have anotehr "Hindenburg moment." A third type of jet has a nasty crash within days--perhaps not even design related--other things cause crashes, too.
Now, the public is thoroughly convinced that jet travel is unsafe. Congressional comittees are viewing with alarm, Parliament is looking into things, and the airlines put off development of new jets due to the risks seen--the public might not want them.
Now is a good time for varied interests to get involved also. The railroads introduce a faster train--and funnel money to appropriate groups that are spreading fear of jets. We could set back jet airplanes for a generation.
Now the demand for fast, easy travel might get the railroads to develop a fast, reliable Boston-Washington express, and put railroads back in the public eye.