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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 1868 days ago
> I rode it once, and besides it being a particularly rowdy flight, I found it to be a very strict and safe airline

I don’t think you can make that judgement rising on an aircraft. What is the pilot training and certification. What is their maintenance schedule? How old are their aircraft? What near misses have they had? Those are the types of questions that have more to do with safety than the experience of riding on a flight.

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> What near misses have they had?

And don't forget about the ones that you never heard about due to a lax reporting culture. Turkey is (in)famous in this regard; you only find out about incidents when they're impossible to hide (like their frequent landing mishaps).