Comment on Flying used to be this magical, miraculous thing!

reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Flying is also dramatically cheaper and more accessible today than it used to be.

  If you want the fancy treatment from back then, pay the prices people paid back then and buy first class.

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• Eyelessoozeguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I wish I could of tried a plane in those days

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  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I don’t. Every change in FAA safety regulations since then has been paid for in blood. The fatality rate per 100,000 flight hours was about 5x higher in 1970.

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    • Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      People are quick to forget about this. Everyone ought to read more by Admiral Cloudberg.

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    • Funkytom467@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Does 5x higher means it’s much? Because today’s plan is the safest way to travel.

      So would multiplying the risk by 5 make it more unsafe than cars for example?

      Because we do use cars a lot, more than we should, just because we like it. And the fatality rate is pretty high.

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      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I think I actually understated how much more dangerous it was then because the chart I was looking at stopped a couple of decades ago. I found a more recent study and it’s more like 1 death per 7.9 million boardings currently, versus 1 death per 350,000 boardings (!) from 1968-1977.

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  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I simply of to point out that you of used the wrong word there. You of to realise that doing so can of the effect have making you look very ignorant

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    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Thank you for helping.

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      • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        You can’t stop me! I’ll say Semail as much as I want!

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      • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        As in “I have five unread emails”?

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    • Eyelessoozeguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      This feels like accent shaming. You coulda been nicer.

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  • Xariphon@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    could have*

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    wakes up on a plane heading for the world trade center

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