[mehlmao]

Private plane manufacturers went bankrupt, but more importantly, plane crashes have become incredibly rare.

[ARandomerDude]

True but that's the trivial case. You'll never get food poisoning if we outlaw food, never get into a car accident if we outlaw cars, ...

The point is there should be a better way that just pull the plug on anything potentially unsafe.

[pjmlp]

Generally I get food poisoning when the restaurant, supermarket or producer fails to follow the health standards it is obliged by law.

And then I can sue them to death or make a report to health authorities that will act accordingly.

[michaelnik]

In parallel the GA planes used got old. Imagine the same happening for the software!!!

In 2000, the average age of the nation's 150,000 single-engine fleet was more than 30 years. By 2020, the average age could approach 50 years

https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/small...

[michaelnik]

I don't know about "rare", since 1999 the broadest "accident" statistic fluctuates around 6 per 100,000h

Notice that "accident" definition conveniently excludes tons of partial failures! (see the legalese of 49 CFR § 830.2 - Definitions.)

To make parallel with broader discussion, the security failing of software could be considered "partial failures"...