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Actually, only two of the world's safest airlines hail from the US: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/The-worlds-safest-airlines-revealed/ http://www.teleg

Actually, only two of the world's safest airlines hail from the US: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/The-worlds-safest-airlines-revealed/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/The-worlds-safest-air... And 6 of the top 10 are not from English speaking countries (ANA, Cathay, Emirates, Etihad, EVA, Finnair).

rl3 10y ago
Actually, only two of the world's safest airlines hail from the US The list you just cited includes Alaska and Hawaiian on that list, for a total of four US carriers. My original statement was in context of major legacy carriers, so I could understand you excluding those—however, each of the airlines you cited has a comparable—if not smaller—fleet size to that of Alaska Airlines. Also, keep in mind that major US carriers have underwent major consolidation in recent years: US Airways and American Airlines United and Continental Northwest and Delta >And 6 of the top 10 are not from English speaking countries (ANA, Cathay, Emirates, Etihad, EVA, Finnair). If you total the fleet sizes of each of these, you end up with 907 aircraft. American Airlines alone operates 952 aircraft. Moreover, many of the airlines you listed tend to hire Western pilots formerly of major legacy carriers—captains in particular—in order to meet high PIC experience requirements. - It's also worth mentioning that AirlineRatings.com[0] (the source of the list you cited) currently assigns Malaysia Airlines a safety rating of 5/7, despite the fact they managed to lose two 777 hulls (MH370, MH17) only months apart—one of which was perfectly preventable (don't fly over active war zones?). The same site affords Asiana Airlines a similarly lofty rating of 6/7, despite a 777 hull loss (Asiana 214) due to its pilots being unable to perform a simple visual approach in ideal conditions at SFO. A truly stunning display of incompetence that belied a terrible training and safety culture at the airline. Of course, going by safety records alone, I'm sure both airlines looked great on paper about five years ago. [0] http://www.airlineratings.com/safety_rating_per_airline.php http://www.airlineratings.com/safety_rating_per_airline.php

rl3 10y ago

Actually, only two of the world's safest airlines hail from the US The list you just cited includes Alaska and Hawaiian on that list, for a total of four US carriers. My original statement was in context of major legacy carriers, so I could understand you excluding those—however, each of the airlines you cited has a comparable—if not smaller—fleet size to that of Alaska Airlines. Also, keep in mind that major US carriers have underwent major consolidation in recent years: US Airways and American Airlines United and Continental Northwest and Delta >And 6 of the top 10 are not from English speaking countries (ANA, Cathay, Emirates, Etihad, EVA, Finnair). If you total the fleet sizes of each of these, you end up with 907 aircraft. American Airlines alone operates 952 aircraft. Moreover, many of the airlines you listed tend to hire Western pilots formerly of major legacy carriers—captains in particular—in order to meet high PIC experience requirements. - It's also worth mentioning that AirlineRatings.com[0] (the source of the list you cited) currently assigns Malaysia Airlines a safety rating of 5/7, despite the fact they managed to lose two 777 hulls (MH370, MH17) only months apart—one of which was perfectly preventable (don't fly over active war zones?). The same site affords Asiana Airlines a similarly lofty rating of 6/7, despite a 777 hull loss (Asiana 214) due to its pilots being unable to perform a simple visual approach in ideal conditions at SFO. A truly stunning display of incompetence that belied a terrible training and safety culture at the airline. Of course, going by safety records alone, I'm sure both airlines looked great on paper about five years ago. [0] http://www.airlineratings.com/safety_rating_per_airline.php http://www.airlineratings.com/safety_rating_per_airline.php