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This is like the 737 Max problem all over again, the regulators need to step in and say that there's not enough margin in these designs to be reliable and safe.
by hilbert42 7y ago
This is like the 737 Max problem all over again, the regulators need to step in and say that there's not enough margin in these designs to be reliable and safe. This would force the Airbuses and Boeings of this world to go back to four engines in their new designs, which they should have never abandoned in the first place.
As I've said for many years, cutting air travel prices to the bones is a very dangerous affair—as it results in substandard/shithouse quality engineering being installed in aircraft (cost-cutting results in designs that have insufficient safety/reliability margins).
Travelers need to get used to paying about 30% to 40% more per trip—and the regulators should be spruiking this message loud and clear from upon high until the plebs get the message!
(It's all pretty basic really—it's a no-free-lunch argument.)
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- laurencerowe 7y agoIt seems far from clear to me that increasing prices for air travel in pursuit of further increased safety would help overall when it is already incredibly safe. Higher prices may encourage air passengers to switch to less safe forms of transport (bus, car) leaving more people killed in transportation accidents overall.