An airline that has made sure its airplanes won't disappear

Re:An airline that has made sure its airplanes won't disappear by tokenadult on Monday January 05, 2015 @02:20PM (#8840563)

From the article: "In discussing about potential safety advances, Tony Tyler, the International Air Transport Association director general, said earlier this month that 'even though aircraft cannot be tracked in all cases, flying is safe. Over 100,000 flights operate safely every day.'" That's important baseline information. I would much rather fly on any of the airlines that serve the major airport in my town than drive here, and that's even though some website has just identified the drivers in my state, incredibly, as the safest drivers in the United States.[1] Airline flying as it is currently regulated and implemented daily is an astounding safe way to go to places near and far.

[1] http://bringmethenews.com/2015/01/04/study-finds-minnesota-h...

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Re:An airline that has made sure its airplanes won't disappear by grecy on Monday January 05, 2015 @02:24PM (#8840588)

No matter how safe something is, we should still be trying to make it safer.

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Re:An airline that has made sure its airplanes won't disappear by jacalata on Monday January 05, 2015 @05:24PM (#8841646)

Rubbish. Perhaps you meant to say "Unless something is already completely safe, we should always be open to analyzing the benefits and costs of possible safety improvements, while being sure to spend the majority of our resources on areas that offer easier or larger gains".

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