How Safe is it to Fly?
With all the recent aviation inspections and the FAA cracking down on American Airlines, it makes me wonder how safe it is these days to fly. I guess it is still safe. It does cause me to want to understand more about why these things happen. I mean, to me, the people who stand to lose the most are the Airlines, if an accident does happen. Especially, if it was from negligence on their part. I sort of expect this one thing to encourage them to be safe. The more I read about the American Airlines “wire bundles” the more I believe it was more a bureaucratic FAA official following some arcane set of rules than it was a real threat to aircraft safety. Apparently , American and everyone else was made aware of the rules for the wire bundles about 4 years ago, and the directive as to how to fix it was sent out in 2006 by the FAA. It seems the FAA didn’t like the way American interpreted the required fix. You can read more about this angle here at the Salt Lake Tribune.
I think that we really don’t know all the details so it is hard to judge, but I believe we are still safe flying in the US. I am not as thrilled about other countries and their safety or lack of safety. Every time I have to fly to Europe, I feel a little less safe. Maybe it’s just me.
What do you think? Are we safe as ever flying the friendly skies?
I guess a better question is, how will the new administration view our safety. I am not sure we will be as safe when Bush leaves. He did a lot of strange things in his presidency, but he did fight terrorism.
I am always amazed at the confidence pilots have in their equipment, though. I suppose the reason is , they know it very well and have good reason to be confident in it. Hopefully, some of you enthusiasts will find some good aircraft parts to buy on this site. Save some money and get that old reliable part that you can count on.
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