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This does not increase my confidence in the airline industry.

• Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  IT wise I'm pretty confident that the airline industry is a cobbled together mess. A much bigger problem than COBOL that has been doing the rounds on HN lately. (mind you, there's probably some overlap in the venn diagram)
• tyingq 6y ago
  Especially since they have the DOB to go by. Urgh.
• shadowgovt 6y ago
  Honestly, the airline industry is quite fascinating in terms of how safe it is. But that safety is maintained by procedure, cross-checking, and (especially in the commercial space) aggressive investigation of any deviation from expectations. This serious incident is a great example of that process in action. The initial issue they were investigating was that the flight gets computer-analyzed to compare the actual dynamics of the plane to the theoretical dynamics. That analysis revealed a 1kt difference between what the takeoff speed should have been and what it was measured to be (about a 0.76% deviation from expectation). That <1% deviation led to an investigation and a 7-page report. Such a level of scrutiny is expensive, but it's how commercial air travel has gotten to the "safer than cars" level it currently supports.