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> If a car has an issue we don't blink and we loose nearly 40k people a year in the US alone, but a plane has an issue and we panic. We don't lose people to th
by thomastjeffery 3y ago
> If a car has an issue we don't blink and we loose nearly 40k people a year in the US alone, but a plane has an issue and we panic.
We don't lose people to the cars themselves. We lose people to reckless driving and traffic: two problems that are fundamentally solved for aircraft.
If the door of a 5-year-old car fell off on the highway, and every car of that make and model were recalled for having loose factory-installed bolts, then people most certainly would panic.