[hef19898]

Not sure I can actually agree with that, at least in such broad strokes.

And no, I know that it is not just a dog and pony show. "It" is the reason air travel is as safe as it is today, and that is way saver than 20 or 30 years ago, despite whatever Boeing did with the 737 MAX.

[boppo1]

>way saver than 20 or 30 years ago

Is it?

[hef19898]

Yes, it is. And 20-30 years ago it was saver than, say, 50 years ago. Like in medcine, people don't always see those incrementle improvements over time.

[chx]

I would've agreed with you five or so years ago but https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/305868 is more than an accident, you begin to wonder what's going on. There are staff shortages everywhere, why not with pilots? Are they as rested and trained as they ought to be? Together with the plane safety issues surfacing like an army of skeletons falling out of an infinite closet, I am not so sure we are on the same track as we were before.

[hef19898]

Yes, the tendency is not great. Besides the Boeing issues, there is a tendency in pilot training and flight operations I don't like, e.g. more flight hours, tough shift planning, training to be paid for the junior pilots. That being said, I'm on the production / design / maintenance side of things, and not operations, so my opinion on that is just that, an opinion.

[michaelje]

Not sure medicine is the best example given the same profit seeking culture is driving decisions where care takes a back seat