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Are you really going to use a UPS crash as an argument here? You actually raise some good points but I can’t get past that one.
by mikeash 8y ago
Are you really going to use a UPS crash as an argument here? You actually raise some good points but I can’t get past that one.
- isostatic 8y ago"UPS Airlines Flight 1354 was a scheduled cargo flight from Louisville, Kentucky, to Birmingham, Alabama" U.S. Airline U.S. origin U.S. destination European aircraft (A320) Seems that the cause was problems with American trained pilots, so it's a strong refutation to the assertion "Maybe from the fact that the last fatality in a US airline crash was over ten years ago? "
- mikeash 8y agoDespite the name, UPS Airlines is a cargo company, not an airline. If you want to quibble over semantics, just pretend I specified “passenger airline” since that’s what I was talking about and that’s the relevant category.
- Twirrim 8y agoCargo companies come under the same regulations. You can't ignore them just because it's detrimental to your narrative.
- mikeash 8y agoThe regulations are considerably less strict for cargo flights, and they’re notorious for being significantly more dangerous. I’m ignoring them because cargo safety is irrelevant, not because it’s inconvenient.