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> Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. Yes, it is. Otherwise, "any carelessness, incapacity or neglect" wouldn't be so "terribly unforgiving".
by spankibalt 1y ago
> Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous.
Yes, it is. Otherwise, "any carelessness, incapacity or neglect" wouldn't be so "terribly unforgiving".
- marcosdumay 1y agoIn car transit (like most things in life), you can do everything right and still die. In aviation, if you do everything right, you'll land safely.
- ephou7 1y agoThe two pilots in the Tenerife aircrash would beg to differ.
- gambiting 1y ago>> In aviation, if you do everything right, you'll land safely. The pilots who died in the 787 MAX crashes would disagree. They did everything exactly as they were trained to do and still crashed.
- david-gpu 1y ago> 787 MAX You are thinking of the 737 MAX [0]. There is no such thing as a 787 MAX yet [1]. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner
- gambiting 1y agoYes obviously, sorry that was a typo.
- krisoft 1y ago> In car transit (like most things in life), you can do everything right and still die. Same with aviation. The DHL Flight 611 over Überlingen, Iran Air Flight 655, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, American Airlines Flight 5342, Pan Am Flight 1736 are just the few easy ones which comes to mind immediately. > if you do everything right, you'll land safely. You. And the people who designed your aircraft. The people who maintain your aircraft. And the ATC. And other pilots. And the people on the ground operating anti-aircraft missiles.
- unethical_ban 1y agoAgreed. It is like saying a tightrope isn't trying to harm you, just don't fall off.