It would be nice if modesty prevented me from linking to this WBZ TV interview regarding an unfortunate encounter between a Southwest 737 winglet and a JetBlue Airbus A320 horizontal stabilizer at Logan airport (CNN).
To prepare for the interview I tapped into my vast store of aviation knowledge and… Google. From a Boeing Web site I learned that a pair of winglets costs about $1 million. Presumably a replacement for this plastic-reinforced-by-carbon-fiber part is cheaper but it occurred to me that if this were to happen every day we could generate some beautiful GDP growth numbers.
What an insult! You should sue for defamation! “Former commercial pilot”…. WTF??? Once a commercial pilot always a commercial pilot, unless of course the FAA revokes your certificate. Just Joshing you! Looking good Phil G!
Thanks, ToucanSam, but remember that the FAA did revoke my Commercial certificate (and also my instrument rating) when I got the ATP.
Your link thru Facebook didn’t work for me (just a blank page, no error msg?), so I tried this:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/video/10250328-planes-collide-at-logan-airport/