Here's why this article is not FUD. First of all, everything with mechanical parts needs regular maintenance, and almost always will reach a point where it sho

Here's why this article is not FUD. First of all, everything with mechanical parts needs regular maintenance, and almost always will reach a point where it should be replaced. If you aren't maintaining it, you are opening yourself up to unnecessary risk. Second, these are maintenance-related issues which are required by law and are not being followed up on, so they're not following the law, even if the FAA claims they're hunky dory. They're clearly not. Third, when a vehicle like a car has a maintenance or human operator error, a small handful of people's lives at risk. With planes, it's a couple hundred people's lives, and you can't just pull off to the shoulder of the highway to change a flat. Not to mention the things you may hit when you "unexpectedly forceably land". Planes are designed to withstand multiple serious malfunctions, because there is no alternative: you're 30 thousand fucking feet in the air going 500 miles per hour. So just because there are major failures that have not yet killed anyone is not because there is no problem: it's because planes were designed to be bomb-proof and they are barely holding on to their shakey safety record. Airline safety is incredibly important because even a single safety issue can cause a large impact in the public's perception of the industry's safety, which affects how many tickets are sold. So from a selfish perspective, you want them to be safe so your ticket price doesn't go up. Finally, there's the whole point of the article: THE AIRLINE IS TWO TO FOUR TIMES LESS SAFE THAN ALL THE OTHERS, WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING?!