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Is happening. >> and you know -- i have been contemplating this for two days now, what has been bothering me about this fuel. richard and i had a brief conversation this afternoon. and i think the information is being conveyed slightly in error from the standpoint i don't -- the bottom line was i saw this fuel calculation that i looked on performance charts confirmed by a very credible boeing source that has the same performance charts and saw that the airplane would burn slightly more fuel if we contend that the airplane descended to 20,000 feet. that being said, because of the thicker air it...

That doesn't hold true necessarily as more evidence comes in. for example, they have some idea that if this plane were flying slower or faster, it could shift left or right. what about when it ran out of fuel? they don't know when it ran out of foul. and if this thing is flying 400, 500 miles an hour, very, very far off in terms of that distance. so if the fuel depleted quickly, at the earliest possible point and there was no glide at all, then you push your primary search area way up here. and the rest of it becomes a less important box. but if the opposite is true, if the fuel calculation is...

So for example in 2003 the faa in the united states increased the amount that they require airlines to predict passengers will weigh on average by ten pounds. it went to 190 odd pounds. in europe they look at 90 kilos for a passenger and their luggage. and you do that for a variety of reasons. you do it for simplicity. you do it for fuel calculation. and you do it for economy. because it costs planes more fuel to carry fuel to carry passengers to carry fuel. >> richard, so one of our former colleagues, miles o'brien, who also happens to be a pilot, he says, look, this is an issue of fairness. ...