• early_riser
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    11 days ago

    Importantly, they tend to fly private aircraft, which I have recently learned are not as safe as commercial airliners. Commercial flights are subject to countless safety checks and have redundancies for days.

    The titan sub failed in part because stockton Rush (I couldn’t think of a more posh name if I tried) assumed the similarly impeccable record of submarines was due to something other than scrupulous safety margins.

    • Almacca@aussie.zone
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      10 days ago

      I can’t imagine people that got rich by exploiting people and cutting corners have the strictest maintenance regime, either.

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      11 days ago

      Guess those rich people are just going to have to start buying commercial jets. What a nightmare!

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          9 days ago

          No. I mean like presidents and prime ministers. They’ll still ride alone but on a 737 instead of a Gulfstream.