"They bought the ticket , they knew what they were getting into, I SAY LET EM CRASH!" – a quote from the 1980’s movie Airplane. A ridiculous comedy of a plane who has everything that could go wrong go wrong!“Airlines go two year with no fatalities” by Alan Levine of the USA Today is really rather shocking to me. I’ve never been one afraid to fly and I always here you have a higher chance of dying in a car crash each year than you do flying but the fact that two years without a fatality is such a big deal is a little disheartening. I never thought of all the different ways a plane could kill a person except the fact of beating gravity until this article. I applaud the aviation scientists who have perfected the build of today’s jets and its safety. I fly around the country for my job a lot so knowing every day it becomes a little bit safer is a welcoming thought.
“The lack of fatal crashes creates new challenges for federal regulators and the airline industry. Further safety improvements must come from studying the minor anomalies of everyday flight.” Levine writes. Well my question is why does it have to come from the accidents? Why not perfect the model before it is too late. They should be checking every plane every time it lands to make sure not a single piece of metal is out of place or broken.
Also, when I think of planes I sometimes remember back to 9-11. Condolences to anyone who lost family or friends. It hasn’t even been 10 years and we are already bragging of airline safety? Way to let the terrorists know they are slacking, America!
I’m not sure how I feel about this article. I feel a little bit safer knowing I am flying to Baltimore at the end of January, but also a little put off by the fact that this is such a big deal. Some comments on the article feel like we might have jinxed our “good luck” of no crashes by posting this article. I don’t think so, but just in case, knock on wood! ;)
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I'm flying to San Francisco in March. "Passengers, prepare for takeoff" still makes me nervous. - interesting article.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I quite understand the negative side to this article... two straight years without a single fatality is pretty impressive if you ask me. If you go two straight years without getting in a car accident, your insurance goes down. It's a reward. Accidents happen all the time, so to have two years of none (or at least none that are fatal), is an accomplishment. And as for relating this article to 9/11... it's not appropriate. 9/11 was a tragedy inflicted on us by terrorists. True, the airlines could have used more safety precautions, but airport security is a completely different world now than it was prior to that day. They take the precautions now. The security that the airports have against terrorists and the functionality of the airplanes themselves are two completely separate things. How does it “let the terrorists know they are slacking” to announce that we’ve maintained a safe and secure means of travel for two consecutive years. 9/11 has nothing to do with this article.
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