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I know I'll get downvoted again but here's my resolution for life: will never fly on a Boeing airplane again. Edit: I know the statistics, I just get horrible

• netsharc 5y ago
  I'll downvote you for a poor grasp of statistics. Today a few thousand flights on Boeing equipment took off and landed safely around the world. One crash, without any news whether it's Boeing's fault, and you make up rules for the rest of your life. To draw an equivalence, do you still breathe air with an airborne virus running amok?
• belter 5y ago
  We need a system where you could only downvote you, if you could post proof of a recent flight on a Boeing. Easier to avoid if you are in Europe.
  • Tenoke 5y ago
    Is it? I fly in Europe often enough (usually the cheapest flight I can find) and I almost always end up on a 737. Ryanair for example has 249 737-800s out of a 258 planes fleet. https://simpleflying.com/ryanair-fleet-2021/ https://simpleflying.com/ryanair-fleet-2021/
    • belter 5y ago
      For the MAX "How To Avoid Flying The Dreaded Boeing 737-MAX" https://www.godsavethepoints.com/how-to-avoid-flying-the-dreaded-boeing-737-max/ https://www.godsavethepoints.com/how-to-avoid-flying-the-dre... To look for Airbus "These Airlines Are Airbus' Biggest Customers" https://simpleflying.com/airbus-biggest-customers/ https://simpleflying.com/airbus-biggest-customers/
    • Symbiote 5y ago
      What's the point in making a generalization based on such a narrow experience? If you're often choosing Ryanair or Norwegian, of course you'll often fly on a Boeing aircraft. EasyJet and Wizz are 100% Airbus.
      • Tenoke 5y ago
        You are right, my bad. I thought I've also flown with Boeing with those but only double checked Ryanair.
• mardifoufs 5y ago
  Might as well not fly any plane then, considering that Airbus' fatal accident rate is almost the exact same as Boeing's. >For Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier, the differences are almost negligible. So they can be considered equally safe. [0] And that is even after the 737 MAX incidents. [0] https://turbli.com/blog/the-safest-planes-to-fly-in-by-accident-statistics/ https://turbli.com/blog/the-safest-planes-to-fly-in-by-accid...
  • yakak 5y ago
    I'm not sure the article captures the danger of forward risk well given the argument that Boeing and cost management practices have hijacked the approval process and design strategy, respectively, and the current inventory includes planes recent models with poor track records. In the next few years I think we will see if process failure has been a momentary blip or if this article is viewed as having fallen into the same trap as judging 1960 aviation on averages of entire period of flight instead of on rate of improvement. Put a different way, I wont be estimating the safety of the 787 on the safety of a 737-MAX because most of the systems of the MAX were designed in an earlier Boeing/FAA system that bears little resemblance to the modern Boeing process, yet I am still comfortable flying in a 737-MAX.
• alkonaut 5y ago
  So you'll avoid some of the safest planes, and at least 50% of all air travel routes on the planet. Sounds like a plan.
• belter 5y ago
  "Plane Crash Rates by Model" -> ( Rate of fatal passenger events per million flights.) -> Data up to 2017 http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/rate_mod.htm http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/rate_mod.htm You can pick and choose. As different airlines have different track records for maintenance quality that is also likely to be as important, or more important. Just two examples: Boeing 737 (all models) -> Rate -> 0.24 Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 -> Rate -> 0.09