RE: A list of major Russian ai

I am not very fond of accident lists since they usually include accidents happened due to different aspects and many times not related or in which the machine itself is not responsible. Normally these lists doesn´t prove anything. As Kabir says, maintenance is a key factor, not aircraft type. In the case of the TU-154 usually has to fly in very poor conditions, in countries where there are many limitations (weather, maintenance, orography, faulty equiped airports), in airlines which submit them to extreme levels of safety, so it´s pretty normal this high degree of accidents.

RE: Euro nations

Although the EU institutions have problems the issue is not pulling them down but trying to reform them from inside. We can´t take the EU as an excuse to attack the idea. About undemocratic EU institutions, I have to remind that the comission is elected by people democratically elected. The comission isn´t directly elected by people, but elected by democratically elected people. Ministers of the goverments aren´t elected directly either and nobody question their democratic legitimacy.

RE: American Bashing!

I think you view of America is based in many cliches. Some are real, some aren´t right or many remarks could be told about each point. It would be too pointless. You love your country and it´s normal your perception. However I miss sometimes about american population is not being able to have an idenpendent view and believes too often what their politians say them in terms of external policy. All politians are a gang of thieves.

RE: Euro nations

Of course Central Bank and euro is designed to act in global economic scale and all european countries have to coordinate their policies. I suppose its a lost of soveranity, but global economy means global and bigger objectives and results, specially to compite with the US and Japanese ones.

RE: Lets blame 11/9 for everyt

A perfect excuse to make airlines to rise the price of tickets. In Spain we have a new tax, charged by the goverment called “security tax” and no substancial improvement or changes in Spanish airports. And higher fares by airlines, which also charge more for security reasons and no changes in bord safety. Railways are thinking about a security tax…shame on them all.

RE: Euro nations

The conversion has been automatic, and each individual has to use the calculator the first month to check the conversion. This wasn´t a problem over here. The problem is the indivual business and shops who match the prices rising them. It something was 12,35…..so let´s put 12,50 to be easier. In this case the consumers have the ability to boicott the shops and places which cause abuses. In the public sector and big companies, there weren´t problems at all. There was a huge fear that the country could be paralized in the beginning. It was amazing how people went to the bank on the 1st of january and started to use the new money without substantial problems.