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This news cycle is surreal... just a few months ago my opinion of US aviation safety couldn't have been higher, and now that view is totally shattered.

js2 8y ago
Don't pay attention to the news. It reports statistically rare events that are unlikely to affect you. Pay attention to the statistics[0,1,2]. US aviation is still remarkably safe[3]. Just don't be this guy[4]. [0] http://ipa-world.org/society-resources/code/images/95b1494-Lozano%20Mortality%20GBD2010.pdf http://ipa-world.org/society-resources/code/images/95b1494-L... [1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm [2] https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_safety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_safety [4] https://www.xkcd.com/795/ https://www.xkcd.com/795/
- spiznnx 8y ago
  I'm not worried personally about flying on this plane, I wouldn't change my plans to avoid it. I just had held a very high opinion of the engineering discipline and regulatory practices that has been suddenly re-evaluated.
  - js2 8y ago
    We've come a long way though and I'd still rather take my chances with today's engineering discipline and regulatory practices than say, a saber toothed tiger. I think these sorts of missteps always have and always will occur, and yet in the grand scheme of things, we build remarkably safe systems. If you look at any man-made disaster, you're almost always going to find the same sorts of things that led to the Boeing rudder issue. I'm sure you're familiar with the Citicorp Tower story: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/04/17/the_citicorp_tower_design_flaw_that_could_have_wiped_out_the_skyscraper.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/04/17/the_citicorp_t... https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Professionalism/William_LeMessurier_and_the_CitiCorp_Building https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Professionalism/William_LeMess...

js2 8y ago

Don't pay attention to the news. It reports statistically rare events that are unlikely to affect you. Pay attention to the statistics[0,1,2]. US aviation is still remarkably safe[3]. Just don't be this guy[4]. [0] http://ipa-world.org/society-resources/code/images/95b1494-Lozano%20Mortality%20GBD2010.pdf http://ipa-world.org/society-resources/code/images/95b1494-L... [1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm [2] https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_safety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_safety [4] https://www.xkcd.com/795/ https://www.xkcd.com/795/

spiznnx 8y ago
I'm not worried personally about flying on this plane, I wouldn't change my plans to avoid it. I just had held a very high opinion of the engineering discipline and regulatory practices that has been suddenly re-evaluated.
- js2 8y ago
  We've come a long way though and I'd still rather take my chances with today's engineering discipline and regulatory practices than say, a saber toothed tiger. I think these sorts of missteps always have and always will occur, and yet in the grand scheme of things, we build remarkably safe systems. If you look at any man-made disaster, you're almost always going to find the same sorts of things that led to the Boeing rudder issue. I'm sure you're familiar with the Citicorp Tower story: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/04/17/the_citicorp_tower_design_flaw_that_could_have_wiped_out_the_skyscraper.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/04/17/the_citicorp_t... https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Professionalism/William_LeMessurier_and_the_CitiCorp_Building https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Professionalism/William_LeMess...