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> The free market at work. Do you have any clue how dangerous Soviet passenger aircraft and their flights were, compared to their Western counterparts?
by heywhatupboys 4y ago
> The free market at work.
Do you have any clue how dangerous Soviet passenger aircraft and their flights were, compared to their Western counterparts?
- ceejayoz 4y agoRussia continues to have a dismal aviation safety record. The West has largely regulated away airline crashes - the last in the US was in 2009, and it's down 95% in fatalities-per-passenger in the last two decades or so. Stuff like the 1500 hour rule certainly weren't industry initiatives.
- jtc331 4y agoThe 1500 hour rule didn’t improve safety, and, in fact was applied as supposed remedy in response to a pilot-error caused crash in which the pilot had well more than the 1500 hours of flight time.
- ceejayoz 4y ago> The 1500 hour rule didn’t improve safety That’s hard to assess on an individual level, especially with how rare crashes are today; confidently stating it did nothing is hard to support. On a collective level, the impact of the entire set of regulations on safety is very clear. > was applied as supposed remedy No. The post-Buffalo changes included some direct changes like the rules on pilot fatigue. They also included some proactive changes like the 1500 rule. We don’t have to wait for a crash to make things safer.
- theydidnt 4y agoNobody does, because the Soviets didn't record data even vaguely accurately. The human origins of these behaviours are deeply woven into these cultures. There are countless examples of this, but the most transparent I've come across is Chernobyl.