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How safe is flying commercial today?
Posted on 2/17/23 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 2/17/23 at 5:48 pm
I realize that statistically flying is incredibly safe up to this point.
I only pose the question because I have been seeing new reports on Twitter from old pilots saying that shite is going downhill fast in regards to pilot training and competency.
I also remember Tucker doing a segment on it recently as well. With all the push for diversity and the backlog of pilots they are rushing through to keep planes in the air.. is it really the safest anymore?
I won’t stop flying but now I have this slight uneasiness about it.
I only pose the question because I have been seeing new reports on Twitter from old pilots saying that shite is going downhill fast in regards to pilot training and competency.
I also remember Tucker doing a segment on it recently as well. With all the push for diversity and the backlog of pilots they are rushing through to keep planes in the air.. is it really the safest anymore?
I won’t stop flying but now I have this slight uneasiness about it.
This post was edited on 2/17/23 at 5:49 pm
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Posted on 2/17/23 at 5:54 pm to Yaboylsu63
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I also remember Tucker doing a segment on it recently as well.
Tucker us a shock jock. He gets views when he pushes fear and conspiracy.
Don't know how people don't get that.
Computers have made flying very safe. I have a good friend who flies internationally. The only real concerns he has are certain foreign airports not being run well or are falling apart.
Having said that, he now only flies domestically as he recently got married and took a job with a major domestic carrier.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 5:54 pm to Yaboylsu63
They've been hiring female pilots for years. Are you comfortable when YOUR wife or girlfriend drives and is on her period?
Yeah, that's how I feel about female pilots.
Yeah, that's how I feel about female pilots.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:00 pm to HubbaBubba
My worry is the the vaxed pilots die mid flight.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:01 pm to Yaboylsu63
Apparently safer than riding a train, buttigege says we have over 1,000 train accidents a year,
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:06 pm to Yaboylsu63
Ryanair has some of youngest pilots in the industry. They've had zero accidents in their over 30 year history. The likes of American, United, etc with their much older pilots can't make that claim. They've killed a lot of passengers. It comes down to quality of training. Not age. The US pilot unions are a lying militant bunch that love to spread fear propaganda.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:11 pm to Yaboylsu63
Not as safe as it used to be, but still pretty safe.....you have a much greater chance being killed in the car on the way to the airport, than you do on the plane itself.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:13 pm to Yaboylsu63
Depends on your skin color tbh. Destroya has to fly first class because of the risks involved if she were to fly with the rest of us.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:13 pm to Yaboylsu63
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I have this slight uneasiness about it.
my dad was a military pilot. he started teaching me in a piper cub when i was 6. when i was 8 i learned about packing the parachute. when i was 14 he showed me a jet trainer crash site.
when i was 18 i flew commercial first time.
a dc-3.
when the stewardess finished her explanation she asked if any questions. i rang the buzzer.
"wheres my parachute."
she said commercial passengers dont get them. i threw up.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:13 pm to Yaboylsu63
Very safe… the redundancy with the equipment and requirement for two individuals in cockpit at all times takes almost everything you see elsewhere out of the equation.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:26 pm to Yaboylsu63
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How safe is flying commercial today?
I try to only fly when I know my pilot will be an Asian man (i.e. PAL, Singapore Airlines, etc.)
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:30 pm to Dex Morgan
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Ryanair has some of youngest pilots in the industry. They've had zero accidents in their over 30 year history.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:32 pm to Yaboylsu63
I just know that if my pilot isnt older and White guy, I'm not flying
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:33 pm to Yaboylsu63
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With all the push for diversity and the backlog of pilots they are rushing through to keep planes in the air.. is it really the safest anymore?
As long as they can land, no problems. The planes today fly themselves. But back when dad flew private frequently a few decades ago, he said he always felt comfortable with the pilot that flew C-130s into Khe Saun, dodging RPGs
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:45 pm to UnoMe
Buttigeig knows about running trains, but mostly on the receiving end.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:48 pm to Yaboylsu63
It's still incredibly safe. Outliers abound in every facit if life. Complacency is a disease of the lazy.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 7:25 pm to Yaboylsu63
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How safe is flying commercial today?
According to Latoya Cantrell black women are only safe in first class...
At least that is what she told the people investigating her for abuse of travel funds on the public dole.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 7:27 pm to Yaboylsu63
Literally the safest form of travel in the world. This is stupid
I like Tucker a lot but people who buy every single word he says are insane
I like Tucker a lot but people who buy every single word he says are insane
This post was edited on 2/17/23 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 2/17/23 at 7:29 pm to Yaboylsu63
Tuker had a segment about the subject the other day. Seems esg and diversity are ruining flying too.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 7:32 pm to Yaboylsu63
If your last name isn't McDonald, Boggs, Begich..I wouldn't sweat that certain alphabet agency..and that 7/10 plane crashes are targeted kills Q stat.
This post was edited on 2/17/23 at 7:33 pm
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