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Pacifist Patriot

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16. Availability bias. Air travel is NOT less safe.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 10:01 PM

Aug 22

It's safer than ever.

Remember the adage, "if it bleeds, it leads."

Same shit that makes people believe that violent crime is on the rise when it isn't.

Do the research.

Are there problems with air travel? Of course. There always are.

Are more people statistically injured and dying in aircraft now than in the past? No!

This isn't helpful.

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WTF is going on with airplanes these days? A piece of a wing of a Delta flight from Orlando to Austin was flapping [View all] raccoon Aug 22 OP

FAA a total mess after Trump gets his stubby fingers in BoRaGard Aug 22 #1

Fix things right after they replace "Obamacare" LiberalArkie Aug 22 #3

The ubiquitous monster deregulation jfz9580m Aug 22 #2

Problems xuplate Aug 22 #4

Greed. OldBaldy1701E Aug 22 #5

Maintenance and safety sre such a pesky items for a business. nt Hotler Aug 22 #6

Cuts into profit margins. nt RandomNumbers Sunday #26

Cuts to maintenance and QA? moondust Aug 22 #7

How many planes took off and landed that same day with no issues? MineralMan Aug 22 #8

I Was Incredibly Lucky In That Regard ProfessorGAC Aug 22 #12

I've had a few. MineralMan Aug 22 #13

Agreed ProfessorGAC Aug 22 #14

Nothing to see here? Maru Kitteh Aug 22 #15

This issue will be age related IMO, it is a 25 year old plane. nt EX500rider Sunday #24

The globe is full of 25yo planes that are perfectly safe due to Maru Kitteh Sunday #25

Of course it will be related to proper maintenance but I was responding to people think it's a Boeing issue EX500rider Sunday #28

a friend of my wife's who prefers some foreign carriers... mike_c Aug 22 #9

Changes in corporate culture at Boeing to prioritise profits over safety meadowlander Aug 22 #10

In this case unlikely to be a Boeing problem as it is a Delta maintenance issue EX500rider Aug 22 #11

Not sure we have the information one way or another about whether it's connected to Boeing or not. summer_in_TX Saturday #19

It's a Boeing 737-800, around 5,000 built in the last 25+ years EX500rider Saturday #20

Thanks. summer_in_TX Saturday #21

Not a very new hull either, Reg.N3740C, a 737-832, bought new by Delta in 2000 from Boeing EX500rider Sunday #23

Availability bias. Air travel is NOT less safe. Pacifist Patriot Aug 22 #16

That's why they have two wings. Redundancy! Hassin Bin Sober Aug 22 #17

We have a dangerously unqualified Fox News host as Secretary Of Transportation? Initech Aug 22 #18

This morning there was a report on CNN about lithium batteries causing fires in flight. Apparently, it's Vinca Sunday #22

I don't know if this is positive, but I checked a bag Melon Sunday #30

They laid off some of inspectors at the airports kimbutgar Sunday #27

Nothings been deregulated on airplane safety. This Melon Sunday #29