Eh, nothing manmade is ever going to be perfect. You're literally 100 times more likely to die in the Uber ride to the airport than on that plane (1.8 deaths per 100 million passenger miles vs 0.01). That kind of shit I don't worry about.

That being said, if some sort of gross negligence is threatening to change those statistics, it's definitely worth looking into.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

Airplanes are the safest means of transportation on Earth.

Even more so when its not a Boeing.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No need to look into any closet. Supporting dictators to oppress the opposition, corruption all over the world, just what you'd expect from an arms manufacturer. Civil aviation seems to be clean, though, and those skeletons aren't tech-related. Airlines are currently whinging about the prices Airbus demands for new planes but what do you expect, their order books are overflowing and where else are you going to go, Boeing?

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

Its funny because their backlog is for the next 13 years, they could easily have the EU give them money to fix it and nobody would complain.

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 months ago

more like air based (i have no idea if they've got problems like boeing)