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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. That recent string of crashes involved one and only one
Wed Mar 19, 2025, 12:53 PM
Mar 2025

commercial airline. Air travel truly is safer than ever.

Every time there is some major incident, for the next couple of weeks, all of the minor stuff (plane loses a wheel on landing, doesn't quite stop quickly enough at the gate and nudges the gateway, flight attendant spills a drink cart) gets reported. So people thinking flying really is dangerous, when it's not.

I was an airline ticket agent for ten years, so I know this stuff.

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