Comment on "Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport."
theneverfox@pawb.social 14 hours agoIt applies to everyone - you’ve had an event this year too. I should have said our governments
Air traffic control is just not an individual thing. Not even an individual country thing.
And I’m aware of unexpected turbulence…I just don’t see getting banged about that big a deal. Shit happens. Wrong place, wrong time… Sure, put on your seatbelt when you’re sitting down, but even if you don’t you’re probably not going to die from it
But planes nearly colliding? Actually colliding? That should never happen… It’s a 3D arena, the sky is huge. Planes should neither fall apart nor be anywhere near each other without coordination
We made air travel very safe with old technology, for a long time too. This is a very recent problem, and totally unacceptable
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
“J. E. Littlewood, a mathematician at Cambridge University, wrote about the law of truly large numbers in his 1986 book, “Littlewood’s Miscellany.” He said the average person is alert for about eight hours every day, and something happens to the average person about once a second. At this rate, you will experience 1 million events every thirty-five days. This means when you say the chances of something happening are one in a million, it also means about once a month. The monthly miracle is called Littlewood’s Law.” - David McRaney
This is why people build houses in flood zones. What are the odds this will affect me? And every year, people gamble with those one in a million odds, and someone loses. Then their friends console each other at the funeral that it was a freak accident and who could have predicted it would happen? And why were they in that position? Because people don’t have an intuitive grasp of statistics, particularly low probability and high frequency, and what the are odds it will happen to them. But it’s happening to someone all the time, and much more likely to the one who says, “Well, it probably won’t be me.”
theneverfox@pawb.social 11 hours ago
I don’t think you get what I’m saying.
If you build your house in a flood zone… Well, I feel for you. That sucks, but I’m not going to lose sleep over it
If the state is cutting taxes to incentize building in a flood plain (which is a thing that has happened), in going to be very upset
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Okay, I see what you’re saying there. I don’t agree with the stance for the first part, but that’s a personal choice. After all, the government could not only not incentivize building in a flood zone, they could make it illegal.