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They aren’t motivated by it. They’re a result of it. Practically every rule or standard in the book can be traced to a crash. Mode C veil? Aeromexico 498, 82 de
by danaliv 6y ago
They aren’t motivated by it. They’re a result of it. Practically every rule or standard in the book can be traced to a crash. Mode C veil? Aeromexico 498, 82 dead. Radio comms standardization? Tenerife, 583 dead. CRM: United 173, 10 dead. Altitude requirements while being vectored to an approach (91.175(i)): TWA 514, 92 dead.
I could go on.
The answer to “why can’t we just” in aviation is “because people died.” The FAA doesn’t make rules just to make them. They make them because aviation is unforgiving and it will kill you and your passengers if you screw it up.
- Dylan16807 6y agoIt sounds like you're trying to disagree with the comment you replied to but none of those facts disagree with what they said.
- redis_mlc 6y agoNo, the writer who said "because of" is more correct than "motivated by." The US FARs are really a sequence of reactions to dead passengers, which is what "written in blood" means. That's why the NTSB always seems to be one step ahead of the FAA in demanding action - the NTSB investigated an accident with dead people, found a cause, and requested the FAA do something about it. Source: commercially-rated airplane pilot.
- jessriedel 6y agoBeing caused by previous deaths and being motivated to avoid future deaths are very compatible.