1/ Are you afraid to fly? You're not alone. While experts acknowledge that crashes coming one right after the other feels scary, both of the aviation professionals who spoke with Rolling Stone were confident that traveling by air is still safe. - ThreadSky

fiona-webster22.bsky.social • 10 hours ago

1/ Are you afraid to fly? You're not alone.

While experts acknowledge that crashes coming one right after the other feels scary, both of the aviation professionals who spoke with Rolling Stone were confident that traveling by air is still safe.

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rcharanpagan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

People were bored w/ politics and they wanted things to get "shaken up".

msbak.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Until it isn't.

fiona-webster22.bsky.social•10 hours ago

2/ “Flying is the safest mode of transportation that we have, in spite of these recent accidents,” says Anthony Brickhouse, a U.S. aviation expert. “I frequently tell people once you make it to the airport & leave your car, the most dangerous part of your trip, statistically speaking, is over.”

muttsylvania.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I hate flying because of TSA and even more fear & disgust for my fellow passengers, not least of all sweaty hairy men in tank tops who might be seated next to me.

fiona-webster22.bsky.social•10 hours ago

3/ According to Captain Shem Malmquist, a Graduate Lecturer in Aviation Safety at the Florida Institute of Technology, the plane crashes feel like they’re increasing because human brains have a “bias” to create patterns.

fiona-webster22.bsky.social•10 hours ago

4/ “Random distribution sometimes results in things clustering. So things happening together doesn’t mean there’s a correlation between those two,” he says. “Flying has only gotten safer.”

fiona-webster22.bsky.social•10 hours ago

5/ As of yet, there’s no evidence that the crashes themselves were caused by staffing issues. They're all still under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB ).

fiona-webster22.bsky.social•10 hours ago

6/ But since the NTSB does not have any authority to implement regulations, it’s up to the FAA, plane manufacturers, & airlines themselves to make any changes when their investigations are complete.

Meanwhile, drive safely!

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