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Re:A man who destroyed his multimillion dollar company in 10... by hodgesrm on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @03:54PM (#20823447)
Which Southwest crashes are you thinking about? They have never lost a passenger in a crash, though one person on the ground was killed in Chicago. There have been two accidental passenger deaths. One was due to engine failure, not a crash, and the other was a passenger who tried to get into the cockpit and died after being restrained.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines#Accidents_a...

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Re:A man who destroyed his multimillion dollar company in 10... by blackflame7000 on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:21PM (#20825813)
Admittedly I thought they had more than they do because of all the hoopla about 737s. I guess the one recent incident that comes to mind is the broken fan blade incident that killed a passenger. That could easily be attributed to lack of maintenance but it blew over relatively fast. However, the heroics of the captain created a different story.
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Re:A man who destroyed his multimillion dollar company in 10... by andyburke on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @04:15PM (#20823577)
^^ this.

Southwest has one of the best, if not the best, safety records of all major air carriers.

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Re:A man who destroyed his multimillion dollar company in 10... by Symbiote on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @04:42PM (#20823778)
The point is that Ryanair is the best.

They are smaller than Southwest on most (not all) metrics, but in the same ballpark.

Their only accident is a bird strike causing 8 minor injuries.

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Re:A man who destroyed his multimillion dollar company in 10... by perl4ever on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:30PM (#20825867)
How can you say an airline that is 35 years old is clearly better than one that is 52 years old based on total anything?
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