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Dude, you have some axe to grind with the A330. You seem to have a paranoia with the A330 and seem to have read up to backup those fears. Let me state the facts.
As i mentioned in another thread, all engines irregardless of airframe are prone to IFSDs. B777s had their fair share not too long ago.( incl SQ)
IFSD of an engine will rarely affect all engines at once. And you do not need APU bleed to start an engine mid flight. The windmilling effect of the oncoming wind is enough to rotate the engine and restart it. Over in a few minutes if no big problems exist. All the essential systems you have mentioned have backups independent of the engine, so no big problem there either.
Basically for a layman, all you need to know is that all these aircraft have been rigorously tested by the authorities and there are multiple redundancies built into them. There needs to be multiple flaws/ mistakes to crash an aircraft. I.E: Swiss Cheese Model. If there were fundamental design flaws that needs immediate attention, they will be grounded till they are fixed.( E.g: DC 10) So, chill dude. Let the pros do the worrying. Sit back and relax on your next flight.
P.S: Tell me the aircraft you prefer to fly in and i will tell you all the accidents/incidents and flaws of it.
As i mentioned in another thread, all engines irregardless of airframe are prone to IFSDs. B777s had their fair share not too long ago.( incl SQ)
n fact, I think the in-flight shut down of engine is not a tiny problem. You know restart of engine requires very long time and a lot of procedures, it is not as simple as an IC SI or CI engine, as the N1 of the gas turbine must obtain bleed air from APU or the emergency drop down turbine during start; moreover the period of in-flight shut down may affect the cabin pressure, de-ice system, hydraulic system and electric generator, because no bleed air, electricity and engine torque provided respectively, in consequent, the pitot static tube will be icing and the avionics will get the wrong data, finally the aircraft will stall. Although it is the worst case, but doesn't mean that it won't happens. You can imagine how danger the situation will be.
Basically for a layman, all you need to know is that all these aircraft have been rigorously tested by the authorities and there are multiple redundancies built into them. There needs to be multiple flaws/ mistakes to crash an aircraft. I.E: Swiss Cheese Model. If there were fundamental design flaws that needs immediate attention, they will be grounded till they are fixed.( E.g: DC 10) So, chill dude. Let the pros do the worrying. Sit back and relax on your next flight.
P.S: Tell me the aircraft you prefer to fly in and i will tell you all the accidents/incidents and flaws of it.
I'm glad they kept the garuda logo -- it was/is one of my favorites.
Do you mean to imply that an amphibious plane is more survivable just because it can land on water? I seriously doubt that most commercial airliner accidents could have been avoided just by the aircraft being amphibious.
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