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I'm saying yes, maybe that is the case. Maybe those scenarios are either a) cheaper to handle on occasion than building systems which will never fail, or b) una

I'm saying yes, maybe that is the case. Maybe those scenarios are either a) cheaper to handle on occasion than building systems which will never fail, or b) unavoidable (with some low probability). Air travel itself is not 100% safe. Planes crash. People die. Yet we feel that the probabilities are enough in our favor that we accept it.

toyg 9y ago
What? "We" don't accept anything: strict regulations and processes were put in place to reduce the probability of accidents to the absolute minimum. Did this stop manufacturers and airlines to spearhead this or that new plane? Maybe - very few companies can carry that sort of compliance effort; but it's why the public trust air travel as fundamentally safe (statistically speaking, it's probably safer than cars).