Comments by "cchris874" (@cchris874) on "David Hoffman" channel.

  1. But is it more inherently unsafe than driving? In the last 22 years, aboard US airlines, and excluding the commuter / regional aircraft, there was but a single fatality, the woman who was killed in the Southwest engine explosion. One death in 22 years can in no way shape or form be compared to the 1960s. And over long distances even the safest driver in the world ks no match. That's one death in about 100 million flight departures since 2001. For the 1st tier airlines, we more or less live in the post crash age, even factoring in the 737MAX crashes. By absolute standards, and the unsettling reports of bogus parts and fatigued pilots, you can certainly make a case for inherently unsafe. But that is true of every transport mode too. Living is dangerous, period.
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  2. I used to think Rodney Stich, the noted air safety author, was an alarmist. But considering the history of commercial air crashes very carefully and completely, I now more or less agree with him. Virtually every crash, at least until quite recently, was due to basic violations of the system, or a system that was inherently unsafe. And even today, it seems almost a miracle planes don't fall out of the sky as regularly.
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  3.  @hornet6969  Hello and thanks for your reply. Firstly, there is no such thing as "inherent safety" on planet earth. So saying flying is inherently unsafe means little. 2nd, as I am confident is already obvious to you, statistics may mean nothing regarding the future, as air safety depends on a continuous maintenance and vigilance which at anytime can change. So that leads to the question, if we discard the raw statistics, how do we reliably rate each mode of transport, and on what basis do we say some are inherently safe and others not? I've studied most issues of commercial safety, so on what basis do you think I need to go back and research what I already have researched?
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  4. Well he mentioned that here. Some praise was due to TWA for allowing him to speak frankly about air safety. He stated in his book he thought TWA was tops, though. But their record through 1974 may have suggested otherwise.
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  5. Not any fatal ones, but a very knowledgeable poster on another forum recently stated the early 747s were a disaster, with many safety issues. I believe him, though eventually the plane became much safer.
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