> The assumption is that a modern jet (turbofan) engine is highly reliable. I was really surprised to find how true this was. One of my first jobs was working

> The assumption is that a modern jet (turbofan) engine is highly reliable. I was really surprised to find how true this was. One of my first jobs was working in a manufacturing plant for a company remanufacturing various parts of various jet engines (rebuilding blades, putting new airfoils into damaged vanes etc). The joke on the floor for new employees was that once you saw how badly damaged the engines were by the time they got to us you'd never want to fly again. It was also very interesting to see how much FAA regulation was involved in the manufacturing/remanufacturing process and how often people tried to skirt those rules to save parts due to how expensive they are.