Things I learned today:
(1) Fuel dumps are not for purposes of reducing fire risk, which is what I always thought. (Although I suppose this may be a factor in some cases.)
(2) Dumped fuel can interfere with other aircraft's engine functions, so isolation and altitude is necessary-desirable.
(3) Jet fuel is not necessarily dangerous by contact. ("Treated," apparently, can mean washing off of fuel on skin.)
(4) If maximum fueled takeoff weight is 105% of maximum landing weight, fuel dump systems are sorta-kinda necessary for long range aircraft --apparently on a design-by-design and customer order basis.
Hm. Ooookay. Now I'm four three days ahead of myself from the "learn one thing a day" perspective.
Thanks, all.
Terry, Groundlubber, 230RN