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A comment on How Airline Pilots Lost the Basic Skills. Parent comment

Re:How Airline Pilots Lost the Basic Skills by lisper on Thursday March 10, 2016 @01:33PM (#11261025)
FWIW, commercial airliners are actually incredibly safe. The most dangerous part of flying on a commercial flight is driving to and from the airport.
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Re:How Airline Pilots Lost the Basic Skills by mikeash on Thursday March 10, 2016 @01:37PM (#11261064)
"...I consider myself a logical person who understands the safety of flying, the statistics and the likelihood of events..."

They know. Sometimes that knowledge just doesn't help.

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Re:How Airline Pilots Lost the Basic Skills by pc86 on Thursday March 10, 2016 @02:09PM (#11261359)
As is stated elsewhere, the cliche is really only true if you happen to be driving a motorcycle at highway speeds.
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