Aircraft Engine Failures

There has been a lot of news about the dramatic Rolls-Royce engine failure at the beginning of November.
Many would feel that this is news worthy, and I agree, but what about the other aircraft engine makers.


Delta Airlines B752 over Atlantic on Nov 20th 2010, engine shut down in flight - Pratt & WhitneyDelta Airlines B763 at New York on Nov 21st 2010, engine failure -  Pratt & Whitney
Emirates A388 over Germany on Nov 18th 2010, engine shut down in flight - EA (Pratt & Whitney / General Electric)


Mahan B743 near Bangkok on Nov 12th 2010, engine shut down in flight - General Electric


Yes, I agree that there were dramatic pictures of the R-R engine, but to have so much news about just one of these events when other manufactures have similar problems seems strange to me.


Maybe GE and P&W have better PR.


For more information about scary events on planes

End of Smart FOX IT?

The phone are lines closed down.

The web site has been redirected to sysadminday.co.uk

so

Is it

the end

of the

line for

Smart FOX IT?....

Well no.

First some history about Smart FOX IT Ltd

I started CBM - Computerised Business Management in October of 1997 with my father.

It was a small business but by 2007 we ran our own hosting, ISP, and online shop.

I was only working 2 days a week and doing volunteering the rest of the time.

In 10 years we had covered many aspects of IT but hadn't really grown.

My father and I had always complimented each other, but I needed to go in my own direction.

In 2007 we decided to part ways.

I kept the name and a 1 day a week customer and my father kept his customers.

On January 2008 Computerised Business Management Ltd was born.

I made many mistakes.

This wasn't the first company that I had been involved in.

At 21 I was a Technical Director

A year later I became a Managing Director of a short lived company.

Now at 29 I finally had my own company - my own chance to win or loose everything

By April my wife and I decided that we should change the company's name.

So  Computerised Business Management Ltd became Smart FOX IT Ltd

I did well with a company that I had only started with 3000 pounds (This was my tax money for the next year).

In October of 2008 it was decided that a Global monetary crisis was due.

I really wanted to continue my voluntary work but by December of 2008 it had become impossible.

I had lost my 1 day a week contract. There was nothing to replace it.

In June of 2009 we had to leave our flat.

This was partly due to lack of money but also because our landlord had to sell the house. (Apparently our flat should't have been allowed)

If we zoom forward to now. November 2010

I am contracting for a large Aerospace Company. I will be closing my hosing server.

Soon all of my ISP customers will have been migrated away.

I love running a company and I have learned a lot over the last 3 years.

So Smart FOX IT Ltd will just be my contracting company (Which I'm doing really well at) and maybe it will rise again.