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Voting with your wallet is not the way to go when there are actual lives involved. As a consumer, I should absolutely not have to keep up to date with what airl
by w-m 6y ago
Voting with your wallet is not the way to go when there are actual lives involved. As a consumer, I should absolutely not have to keep up to date with what airline buys which airplane models, and which airplane models are considered safe. That's what regulatory bodies are for. If the regulatory process is broken, it needs fixing, but there does not need to be a second market-driven layer here.
- m463 6y agoYou know if there was a discount for flying on US-based 737 max planes - with american pilots who never had an accident - yeah, market forces would win.
- mnd999 6y agoChesley Sullenberger had a pretty high profile accident but I think I’d still prefer to fly with him at the controls (if he hadn’t retired). I don’t think this is a good metric to measure pilots by.
- m463 6y agoSo I had a friend who was an actuary. I remember asking if they charged extra for sports cars because they could. I was told that they were actually pretty accurately priced. The only time actuarial tables did not reflect reality was after a car accident. Statistically after an accident drivers are much safer, but the insurance fees (have to) go up.
- randomNumber7 6y ago> If the regulatory process is broken, it needs fixing This is true, but as long it isn't fixed, voting with your wallet is the only thing you can do. And definitely better than supporting boeing to go on with business as usual.