03-12-2019, 09:11 AM
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80+% of all aviation accidents are attributed, at least in part, to pilot error. That said, in the modern era, flying on a commercial aircraft just about anywhere in the world is statistically safer than driving to work in the morning.
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I would say it's not even close. There are countries in this world where human life is taken less seriously, but the cost of a crash is devastating to an airlines finances. I'd be more concerned with terrorism, or being shot down by somebody's air force. It's about statistically impossible to be shot down by a Russian MIG, but it happened. Or how about a nut job pilot driving off until running out of fuel with a full load of passengers? It's not Boeing engineering I worry about. I do however want them to handle this perfectly with little regard to cost.
I did read that BA is fielding new MCAS software in April. To me, that seems responsive to make a correction about 6 months after a crash. They don't have a year or two to investigate, and contemplate whether there is an actual design flaw design flaw. They can make things safer now, and debate whether it was already safe enough, at a later date.
80+% of all aviation accidents are attributed, at least in part, to pilot error. That said, in the modern era, flying on a commercial aircraft just about anywhere in the world is statistically safer than driving to work in the morning.
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I would say it's not even close. There are countries in this world where human life is taken less seriously, but the cost of a crash is devastating to an airlines finances. I'd be more concerned with terrorism, or being shot down by somebody's air force. It's about statistically impossible to be shot down by a Russian MIG, but it happened. Or how about a nut job pilot driving off until running out of fuel with a full load of passengers? It's not Boeing engineering I worry about. I do however want them to handle this perfectly with little regard to cost.
I did read that BA is fielding new MCAS software in April. To me, that seems responsive to make a correction about 6 months after a crash. They don't have a year or two to investigate, and contemplate whether there is an actual design flaw design flaw. They can make things safer now, and debate whether it was already safe enough, at a later date.