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BooScout

(10,406 posts)
38. There's really no need to get so upset...
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 08:29 PM
Mar 2019

...because someone disagrees with your opinion regarding your 'airline hobby'.

You think it's safer to fly on American airlines, and I'll stick to UK or EU airlines. I'll toss this one back to you...from the looks of the graphic in this article (source IATA)...the damage done to planes appears to be lowest in the EU, followed by the US.....and AGAIN....the safest carriers show a scarcity of any major American carriers....ie....no Delta, no United, no Southwest, no American, yadda, yadda, yadda.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/how-safe-is-flying-here-s-what-the-statistics-say

My sole point in all this is the US is not always the be all, end all in everything going on in the rest of the world...but what the hey, you got it in spades in insisting that America is the greatest country on earth. You might have even convinced me except for the fact I come with a perspective of living in America and outside of America and my eyes were opened a long time ago. Have a good day now, ya hear.

Perhaps because Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #1
Look at the link. mfcorey1 Mar 2019 #2
From DW nitpicker Mar 2019 #3
France is what I heard as well. Germany said they didn't have the capability. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #9
That's bullshit... Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #21
Interesting malaise Mar 2019 #4
They don't trust Boeing, which has major influence in the US. DetlefK Mar 2019 #5
THIS! eom get the red out Mar 2019 #6
This is what I believe also rainy Mar 2019 #7
I think they don't trust Trump... Adrahil Mar 2019 #12
France is home to Airbus Johnny2X2X Mar 2019 #25
What does it matter that France is closer? watoos Mar 2019 #8
The NTSB is one of the least political organizations out there. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #26
Good move 47of74 Mar 2019 #10
No. That wouldn't happen. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #28
Ordinarily I would agree with you. But this is the orange fornicate government we're talking about. 47of74 Mar 2019 #32
There still are a lot of decent people in certain agencies. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #34
Losing the boxes would be the worst thing for EVERYONE fescuerescue Mar 2019 #29
It's probably safer to send them to France than the U.S. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #11
Or like I said above they'd get accidently lost or destroyed. 47of74 Mar 2019 #33
Not surprising... BooScout Mar 2019 #13
Please... Just stop Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #18
Conveniently... BooScout Mar 2019 #19
You know 9-11-01 was a criminal occurrence and not technically an "accident", right? Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #20
Yeah he got killed in a US registered airplane... BooScout Mar 2019 #23
He was making the point about how safe our domestic commercial passenger carriers are today. NutmegYankee Mar 2019 #35
Fine, fuck it... You win Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #36
There's really no need to get so upset... BooScout Mar 2019 #38
Small plane accidents, otherwise known as general aviation, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #27
no one trusts us with an asshole in the white house. spanone Mar 2019 #14
US has lost their standing in the world... HipChick Mar 2019 #15
if he gets 2 terms I doubt we will. spanone Mar 2019 #16
For the last time, this is standard procedure and not political Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #17
Just curious.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #22
I only know the industry as an outsider Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #24
Thank you, BlueTires. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #30
Isn't just simply a conflict of interest choice? floppyboo Mar 2019 #31
I'm just glad they finally sent the boxes "somewhere", ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2019 #37
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