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My buddy is an aircraft mechanic, and his stories could definitely make a person worry about flying! Kind of like how talking to somebody who works in any rest

by glonq 3y ago

My buddy is an aircraft mechanic, and his stories could definitely make a person worry about flying! Kind of like how talking to somebody who works in any restaurant kitchen will scare you from eating out anywhere.

vkou 3y ago
Meanwhile, a car mechanic's stories would make people worry about driving, once you realize how many badly-maintained vehicles driven by morons are hurtling down the highway at 73 mph. Fortunately, most aircraft crashes happen due to multiple, uncorrelated failures lining up to cause a disaster.
- iamatworknow 3y ago
  73 MPH? Must be a leisurely Sunday church drive (at least here in the Atlanta metro, where cars engulfed in flame on the side of the interstate are not as rare as they should be).
  - eesmith 3y ago
    Makes sense it would be a Sunday. During the week there's too much congestion to get that fast. Right now (4:45pm) https://www.fox5atlanta.com/traffic https://www.fox5atlanta.com/traffic reports interstate traffic as low as 20mph. There aren't that many places reaching even 70mph. My favorite time driving through Atlanta was 2am on a weekday. 7 lanes wide with no traffic.
    - iamatworknow 3y ago
      Yeah, that's a fair point. But if things are flowing I regularly see 80+ (which probably lends itself to eventual 20 MPH when someone wrecks and causes awful traffic). Definitely don't mind those late night drives, as long as you keep an eye out for people not signaling or not having their lights on. It'd be awesome if we could invest in actual public transport instead of more lanes but...
- mikepurvis 3y ago
  I think the general principle is that the less control you personally have over the means of transportation, the more liability rest with others, and therefore the more checklists, procedures, and redundancies there are in place to protect you. Very safe: trains and subways, buses, passenger aircraft, rollercoasters, elevators Very unsafe: personal automobiles, small aircraft

by glonq 3y ago

vkou 3y ago

Meanwhile, a car mechanic's stories would make people worry about driving, once you realize how many badly-maintained vehicles driven by morons are hurtling down the highway at 73 mph. Fortunately, most aircraft crashes happen due to multiple, uncorrelated failures lining up to cause a disaster.

iamatworknow 3y ago
73 MPH? Must be a leisurely Sunday church drive (at least here in the Atlanta metro, where cars engulfed in flame on the side of the interstate are not as rare as they should be).
- eesmith 3y ago
  Makes sense it would be a Sunday. During the week there's too much congestion to get that fast. Right now (4:45pm) https://www.fox5atlanta.com/traffic https://www.fox5atlanta.com/traffic reports interstate traffic as low as 20mph. There aren't that many places reaching even 70mph. My favorite time driving through Atlanta was 2am on a weekday. 7 lanes wide with no traffic.
  - iamatworknow 3y ago
    Yeah, that's a fair point. But if things are flowing I regularly see 80+ (which probably lends itself to eventual 20 MPH when someone wrecks and causes awful traffic). Definitely don't mind those late night drives, as long as you keep an eye out for people not signaling or not having their lights on. It'd be awesome if we could invest in actual public transport instead of more lanes but...
mikepurvis 3y ago
I think the general principle is that the less control you personally have over the means of transportation, the more liability rest with others, and therefore the more checklists, procedures, and redundancies there are in place to protect you. Very safe: trains and subways, buses, passenger aircraft, rollercoasters, elevators Very unsafe: personal automobiles, small aircraft