How often do planes actually crash? Is it often enough to get statisically significant data about survival rates in the event of an evacuation?
Also, evacuation after a crash is not the only safety issue - there is deep vein thrombosis, for example.
Re:Incredible shrinking airline seat
by jessriedel on Saturday July 29, 2017 @03:29PM
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There isn't nearly enough real-crash data for something as specific as seat widths, but the FAA gets lots of info about this stuff by simulating evacuation procedures with real people.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...
Re:Incredible shrinking airline seat
by obsurveyor on Saturday July 29, 2017 @02:58PM
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All the more reason to do research into making sure there isn't a safety issue here. Stats like this just make people and companies complacent until the next tragedy strikes.
Re:Incredible shrinking airline seat
by jessriedel on Saturday July 29, 2017 @03:25PM
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Research isn't free. It's very possible an order of magnitude estimate would show that the risks of seat narrowing couldn't possibly outweigh the benefits.
> Nobody died in a crash of a United States-certificated scheduled airline operating anywhere in the world in 2016...it is the seventh straight year that nobody died in a crash on a United States-certificated scheduled airline operating anywhere in the world.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielreed/2016/12/28/in-the-la...