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They've become more stringent over time because there are more flights now, and had they not become more stringent, then we would have daily crashes and fewer p
by dv_dt 8y ago
They've become more stringent over time because there are more flights now, and had they not become more stringent, then we would have daily crashes and fewer people would be willing to fly.
- ekianjo 8y ago> and had they not become more stringent, then we would have daily crashes and fewer people would be willing to fly. Not sure you can make such a claim. There are other industries where standards and safety practices improve over time without the need of strong regulatory leadership. Case in point: occupational injuries have been decreasing over time across the board: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/osh_11082018.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/osh_11082018.pdf
- nradov 8y agoOccupational injuries have been decreasing over time largely due to deindustrialization. There just aren't as many people working in factories and mines any more.
- majewsky 8y agoAlso, OSHA was enacted in 1970.
- maxxxxx 8y agoAnd the people working in factories and mines are protected by regulation. The owners didn't improve safety voluntarily.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoWhich are routinely, famously flaunted by both management and labor in mining and manufacturing to increase output and thereby pay/profit. I'd favor mechanization over 'rational human' for sure.
- maxxxxx 8y agoThere are a ton of regulations for dangerous workplaces. Without them we would still see people get killed by machines in factories or poisoned by vapors.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoExcept, in the west anyway, almost nobody is working in factories any more.
- maxxxxx 8y agoThere are a lot of people working in factories, construction, mines, agriculture and others.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoYes, but as a total of America its groiwng vanishingly smaller. Automation.
- dv_dt 8y agoAviation has always been a mix of government regulation and industry self-interest that has worked better than all-regulation or no-regulation alone. https://www.slideserve.com/wauna/we-need-to-continuously-improve-aviation-safety https://www.slideserve.com/wauna/we-need-to-continuously-imp...