The future of flying
- Thread starter Uncle Cr33pin
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If your belongings don't burn in the fire, then it will be many days until you get it back until all investigations are concluded.
Being without ID, money, credit cards and a mobile phone puts you into a totally helpless state nowadays.
I understand why people take things....but bringing very large pieces of luggage is still retarded and dangerous.
If the plane just departed Burbank, and it was near Burbank, the seatbelt sign was on. No one should have been unbuckled, including probably the flight attendants.
Most people, even frequent flyers, have never experienced severe or extreme turbulence (but think they have), and get complacent. Anything can happen sometimes with no warning…broken arms, wrists, vertebrae, and hips, if you hit the ceiling then get slammed into the seat or floor with 3x your body weight at 3x the speed of normal falling. Most people get on a plane and can’t imagine the 300# galley beverage cart bouncing off the ceiling, but it can happen.
Also transport aircraft are rated to at least -1g…that is in the normal operating envelope, meaning no need to repair, inspect or scrap the airplane. If a pilot needs that -1g to save the airplane, he’s going to use it. That’s your full body weight going up towards the ceiling, instead of the floor,
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Things can go from seemingly benign to deadly in a few short minutes. If 100 people take 1 extra second each because they have a bag, that could be many additional seconds added to what should be a 90 second evacuation, especially if some exits are unable to be used. They are killing the people behind them rather than be inconvenienced.
I'm well aware of this...but my point still stands.
I just landed at DIA and my flight was weirdly rerouted to go out on a big circle before landing. I bet it was due to this!
Great. I'm going to be immolated in a cabin fire because this chick stopped to pick up her neck pillow, comfy blanket, purse, and backpack:
If the emergency is known ahead of time (and flight attendants are preparing for it) and you are a fit male, (firefighter, emt, cop, is helpful too) volunteer to be an ABP (able bodied passenger). You will be moved to an exit row (they will remove whoever is sitting there), and likely be instructed to be the first person out, to assist people off the slides (or climb down the slide like a rope and hold it to catch people if it does not deploy properly.)
Why is it that I still don't trust taking my whole family on a plane regardless of that?
I mean why are there all these Youtubers making money out of anylizing plane crashes? It's not like it's not happening anymore... the safety of flying has seriously taken a dent this year or so won't you agree (not just perception)?
Same number of crashes, more attention. Fatal accidents are exceedingly rare in the US, more common abroad. On a per flight hour basis, it’s as safe or safer than ever. I think near misses as far as mid-air’s and minor incidents are getting more attention as well, but in my experience the frequency is the same. Much more attention is being given to near-misses now in particular after the Potomac mid-air…but trust me, those happen on a regular (if infrequent) basis and the only people who ever know are the pilots, company, and FAA.
I have noticed a decline in experience level, but not in quality (yet.) Where I work, performance and judgement at a certain level is required or you don’t fly, and that is tested every 9 months. Other airlines and especially other countries are different of course. The Middle East carriers probably spend double the money and time than what we do, on training and proficiency, but their pilots are generally less experienced and have a narrower background. Africa, South America or SE Asia? I probably wouldn’t take my family on.
I believe the number of big crashes and smaller mishaps is higher now than it was, due to DEI and reduced focus on quality. However, I still think the odds of an individual being hurt or killed in a plane accident are far lower than the odds of being hurt or killed in a car accident, by 100 to 1000 times less.
DEI is definitely a player in aviation, and lower quality, experience level and sometimes skill do play a role (possibly in the Toronto crash.). Maybe it will become a bigger factor than it is now at some point, but it is much more difficult to hide sub-par performance than in other fields, not only “soft” ones like academia, but even ones like medicine. Yes the cockpit (in the airlines) is a team, but individual performance or lack there of is immediately obvious and evaluated.
Statistically you’re far more likely to die in a car wreck than a plane wreck and it’s not even close.
Deaths per year for autos in the USA is between 40000-45000 per year.
Plane deaths per year in the USA is a few hundred
I know it's the 'I like to be in control' thing with me having all these kids now but I also know you're right but I know I'm the best driver forgetting about all the shitty ones around me.
And then I see the female only apply hiring for pilots ads...
You think there aren’t any women behind the wheel of a car? I’m just saying, riding in a car is good and riding in a plane is bad?