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OMG, that's terrifying. United Airlines flies a lot of those. United doesn't, as far as I can tell, do maintenance until something breaks.
by paultopia 8y ago
OMG, that's terrifying. United Airlines flies a lot of those. United doesn't, as far as I can tell, do maintenance until something breaks.
- ubernostrum 8y agoUnited doesn't, as far as I can tell, do maintenance until something breaks. In order to be allowed to fly in the US, and other countries, you better believe United does maintenance. This is one of my favorite reddit comments ever, and goes over aircraft maintenance from a car analogy, explaining what you'd have to do to a car in order to meet the mandatory maintenance standards imposed on airlines as a matter of law: https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/3v1hzj/how_do_old_planes_keep_flying_safely/cxk2sf4/ https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/3v1hzj/how_do_old...
- jaclaz 8y agoJFYI, I often use as a reference the actual VW Owner's manual for the Beetle, you can find a copy of the 1952 version here, relevant pages are 7 and 8 "Operating Instructions": https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/1_52bug.php https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/1_52bug.php https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/1_52bug/3.jpg https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/1_52bug/3.jpg https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/1_52bug/4.jpg https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/1_52bug/4.jpg but at least up to the '70's the recommendations were more or less the same.
- sseth 8y agoThanks for the great reddit link. It is the best way to explain this!
- slavak 8y agoI very much doubt that is true. They wouldn't exist as a commercial carrier for long if they did this.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoPeople keep using this word "terrifying" despite air travel being the statistically safest form of transport by orders of magnitude...