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> How would a passenger know the limit of number of bolts to be missing before failure? They wouldn't. That's why passengers aren't tasked with being safety in
by jstanley 3y ago
> How would a passenger know the limit of number of bolts to be missing before failure?
They wouldn't. That's why passengers aren't tasked with being safety inspectors.
- dap 3y agoTotally. But then you would expect no action would be taken based on a passenger reporting something like this. That action was taken suggests that the passenger was the first person to observe something that was a serious enough risk to cancel the flight — and that’s what’s surprising and alarming here.
- zilti 3y agoNo, it suggests that the company was afraid it'd negatively affect their image if they'd fly anyway.