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Air travel is an industry with high risk yet a good safety track record. It seems like exactly the sort of place you wouldn't want to experiment. You can argue
by tga_d 3y ago
Air travel is an industry with high risk yet a good safety track record. It seems like exactly the sort of place you wouldn't want to experiment. You can argue that this incident is a blemish in that track record, but it's not obvious to me how "add every word uttered by flight crews to a permanent record" would meaningfully address this incident (at least, any more than doing the same for every other job in the supply chain, from factory workers all the way up to the executives at Boeing), and it is obvious to me how it could be harmful.
- mulmen 3y agoWell in this case communication broke down among the crew. A recording of that confusion could help in refining procedures. Everything worked out in this case but that’s because every incident is a lesson.
- eitland 3y agoIt would also mean a lot of pilots who have have other options - and I guess those are the best ones - would consider taking those other options instead. This means airlines will have a smaller pool of less desirable / qualified pilots to choose from.