US air carries have flown over 2 light years since the last crash. Pretty wild statistic. ourworldindata.org/us-airline-t... - ThreadSky

jdlong.cerebralmastication.com • 89 days ago

US air carries have flown over 2 light years since the last crash. Pretty wild statistic.

https://ourworldindata.org/us-airline-travel

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elyak123.bsky.social•89 days ago

This is even more impressive given the reputational hit Boeing has had in recent years to the point I, as a passenger I kind of need to check the brand and model of the plane I’m boarding.

www.lianeon.org•89 days ago

JD, that is a great statistic and an even better measurement unit.

mmullins.coginiti.co•89 days ago

It's an impressive safety record given how many planes we have in the air.

jdlong.cerebralmastication.com•89 days ago

As others have pointed out, this is “passenger miles”. So a 300mi trip for 300 passengers is 90,000 passenger miles. Still pretty wild stat.

andybrnr.bsky.social•89 days ago

Guess the FAA’s work is done and we can save some money for taxpayers, what could go wrong…

hcoyote.bsky.social•89 days ago

How many Kessel Runs is that?

jdlong.cerebralmastication.com•88 days ago

Kessel Run is 18 parsecs. 1 parsec is approximately equal to 3.26 light years.

18 parsecs×3.26 light years/parsec≈58.68 light years

so 2 light years is something like 34/1000 of a Kessel run.

jdlong.cerebralmastication.com•89 days ago

The book _Black Box Thinking_ is the best read in how we made air travel so safe. It contrasts air travel to medical care (surgery in particular) Short version: surgeons play CYA while air travel is forced to look unblinkingly at errors.

https://www.samuelthomasdavies.com/book-summaries/business/black-box-thinking/

robclaxton.bsky.social•89 days ago

excellent book, strong recommend.

cscherrer.bsky.social•89 days ago

They say it's in "passenger miles". Usually that would mean passengers x miles, which seems like cheating

jdlong.cerebralmastication.com•89 days ago

MASSIVE PARALLELISM!!!

davemwilburn.bsky.social•89 days ago

Interstellar travel is possible, if only we can get all our airplanes to pull together in the same direction at once.

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