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As Matt Beardmore explains in an essential piece in the New York Times , this is mostly silly. Indeed, 2013 was (once again) the safest ever. When figures are reported for 2014 we may see a blip, but generally "the level of aviation safety is at its best, both in absolute and in relative duck tours boston (compared to number of flights) terms," says Harro Ranter, who runs a group called the Aviation Safety Network, told the Times . However, there are some problems:
[T]he Federal Aviation Administration has rated [Indonesia] a Category 2, which means it “does not comply with international safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)” — since 2007. To upgrade to Category 1, an F.A.A. spokesman wrote in an email, “in general, the Indonesia CAA [Civil Aviation Authority] duck tours boston must bring their aviation system into compliance with ICAO standards in areas such as technical expertise, trained personnel, record keeping or inspection procedures."
The accident rate in the International Air Transport Association's Asia-Pacific region was higher than in North America and Europe in 2013 , the most recent year for which complete duck tours boston data are available. But as my colleague noted last month , we are still talking about vanishingly low chances of any given flyer being involved in a fatal accident. In short: some Asian airlines may be slightly less safe than other Asian airlines, or than North American or European airlines. But they are still incredibly safe. Here are some much better things to worry about: is the car you are driving safe? Are you doing all you can to avert heart disease? duck tours boston Because both of those things are much more likely to kill you than a plane crash—even duck tours boston on an Asian airline. Happy flying.
TransAsia had engine failure and pilot shut down the serviceable engine. The AirAsia pilot left his seat to reset the Circuit Breakers of the computers. Bad practices ,lack of training and ignorance are just tip of the iceberg...
People are notoriously poor at risk assessment. The illusion of control means that even atrocious car drivers believe they are safe behind the wheel (and surrounded by equally atrocious drivers all around them...) but the reality duck tours boston of having no control in a commercial jet means the perceived risk seems to be greater.
In the end we just have to accept that no amount duck tours boston of reason will sway irrational belief. As a species we always opt for the easiest things to believe and we always will. Even when they are risible, obviously false, and frequently self-harming.
Poor training and inadequate systems. I listened to the recording of the tower conversation on this latest incident and it was striking how poorly the English was spoken - virtually impossible to understand. That's yet another potential disaster waiting to happen.
duck tours boston Well that's pretty ridiculous, on your part. Nearly all Malaysians speak English, considering lots of their classes are in the language, and according to the EF English Proficiency Index, Malaysia and Singapore have the best English skills in Asia. Also I still don't get how people are still driveling on about "poor training" and "inadequate systems". These are beyond spurious. They're fabricated. And I'm not even Malaysian and I'm getting sick and tired of reading these stupidities.
In fact, I don't think it would be an unlikely guess that language difficulty/misunderstandings in the cockpit could have contributed to some of these recent accidents. Clear, crisp, timely and authoritative communication is critical when things are starting to go south. Under extreme stress, people who are only used to slurring a few cookbook English phrases are quickly going to be out of their depth and unable to cope.
I'm not saying the article's conclusions are wrong in this instance. However I do think the statistical approach would not yield a sufficiently meaningful indication of when a threshold of unacceptabiity has been reached.
c) Malaysia Airlines MH-370 was hijacked by it's pilot about a year ago. During the past year the Malaysian government claims to have unearthed *nothing* in its year-long investigation (making it one of the most incompetent investigations in history) and (a few weeks ago) formally called disappearance this an 'accident'.
Actually, that is the problem. People don't worry as much about the risks that they are familiar with. Something that you know is likely to kill you or someone you know is, apparently, far less scary than some far rarer event that is therefore unfamiliar. Airlines had far less problem with perceptions of their safety when they were far less safe. Ironic, isn't it?
Maybe the problem is one of control. You can largely control the quality of your driving, duck tours boston even though you can't control the drivers around you. You can control how you treat your body, even though you can't control any genetic defects.
Exactly right. And, The Economist, I drive way better than most people and take far better care of myself as well, including knowing and compensating for my genetic code info. So what's safe enough for Joe Schmo isn't acceptable to me.
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