Quote:
Originally Posted by DownInFlames
Remember when air travel was considered safe beyond reproach?
These events are still quite rare but seeing so many of them happen because of design flaws and maintenance lapses just reinforces my opinion that flying should not be a budget-minded activity. Like most things greed is also a factor. Safety should never take a back seat to profit.
|
What do you mean "remember when"? What are the stats for commercial airline deaths? I'd imagine they continually get fewer and fewer through the years? I'd imagine you're just seeing an uptick in phone cameras and social media rather than less safe air travel. I'd be willing to bet we are currently living in the safest era for air travel and it will continue to get safer with each passing year.
If you're throwing out a term like "safe beyond reproach" that would probably be your own invention and likely conflated with being insanely safe, statistically.