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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (17 children)

Stupid question here, I guess, but why isn't there a system to potentially deliver commercial passengers and crew to the ground in case of a crash? Military jets have ejection seats and parachutes, so why don't we have at least something required for commercial aircraft in the same vein?

Is it the money that it would undoubtedly require?

Edit: misspelling

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Some valid answers are already given by other commentators. Just want to highlight that commercial airlines are operating barely cost positive. Every extra bit of cost added has to be at least covered by some other stream of revenue. How much more money can a seat in these crammed airliners make to cover the cost of R&Ding and maintaining additional safety measures?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Commercial airlines make a fuckton of money, but not in economy passenger travel. Cargo and elite passengers make the money.

E: Delta made over 50 billion last year.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

That’s revenue, their profit was closer to $4.6bn which, whilst a big number, is a margin of under 8%.

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