Would You Get On One Of These?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50151573
I think the first flight should include all the engineers etc that fixed it as well as the Board of Boeing.

[spathiphyllum]

I'd rather fly in one of those than ride a motorbike. I wonder what the % accidents are.

[teacake44]

You can test your steering and brakes at 10mph, plus mechanical problems are a lot easier to put right and prove they work, than electronics, that can go tits up at any time.

[Ken4155]

Yes, TC, but what happens if you're doing 60 downhill when your brakes and/or steering fails. Doesn't matter then what checks you may have made pre journey. It will still probably be your penultimate ride. Just before the one in the hearse, of course.

[teacake44]

@16.38 get real ken, you can't compare the two by any stretch of the imagination.

[teacake44]

Never heard of MOTs ken, plus driver experience.?

[ludwig]

I wouldn't get on one. I'd be worried that any fixes and subsequent testing will have been rushed through under extreme pressure to get the thing back in service again asap.

[Ken4155]

^
I can. And i have. I'm willing to bet that more people die on the roads than in the air.

[Ken4155]

MOT's and driver experience? Again, being a gambling man, i'd wager than planes are checked far more often than a yearly MOT. And i doubt very much that the pilots are all as green as grass?

[teacake44]

16.48 your just being silly ken, and going off subject. I'm off, have fun:0)

[Ken4155]

^
Is that your default action whenever you're in danger of losing an argument? Have fun yerself.

[Bazile]

ken @1644
Yes ken - but if something goes wrong up there amongst the
Cirrocumulus , almost certainly its going to be one outcome

On terra firma there is more chance that a brake failure will not end badly

[Ken4155]

Yes Baz, of course, but my original comparison was actually crashing into a brick wall @ 60 or falling 40 thousand feet into the sea. Chances are both would have the same outcome.

[Prudie]

I am sure you are far more likely to die on the road than in the air - equally crashing into a brick wall @ 60 or falling 40 thousand feet into the sea have the same outcome but there is a huge difference. You won't know much about the wall but falling 40,000 feet gives you a lot of time to poop yourself.

[jourdain2]

No.

[Ken4155]

Nah, Prudie, just more time for your whole life to flash before your eyes:-)

[KARL]

The statistics are clear: Far, far more people are killed on the roads than in incidents involving commercial passenger flights. By the way, the 737 MAXes are flying these days and probably have been all along. They have only the cockpit crew on board and are being ferried, including within Europe.

[ludwig]

// The statistics are clear: Far, far more people are killed on the roads than in incidents involving commercial passenger flights. //

I'll also be avoiding cars that suddenly decide they want to swerve into the nearest ditch because the software is faulty.

[youngmafbog]

No I wouldnt want to get on one, well certinly not until it was well proven by no crashes over two yers or so.

[douglas9401]

Are we to assume that y'all consider pilots suicidal with their casual going to work attitude?