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Rapid and safe don't go together
That’s not true. I can think of a quick change that will greatly improve air safety: ground every single plane, effective immediately.
Would it affect my upcoming vacation? Yes. But would it work? Yes.
Funny enough, you know what the most urgent state code is in the aviation manufacturing? AOC it stands for Aircraft On Ground. Meaning that it's not making money, and that gets a faster turn around than even Service Difficulty Reports when a potential flaw is discovered.
Have you considered working for the government?
No. I am very good at being sarcastic for pedantic reasons. Now, coming up with a suitable solution is hard
Getting a bus pass doesn't make you a better driver.
I mean, yes, but I don’t see the relevancy
You dont make flying planes safer by not flying them the same way you dont become a safer driver because you dont drive.
Makes sense but unlike with driving, you can literally shutdown controlled airspace. So imagine if cars all had identifiers that could be tracked remotely (like ADS-B) and you could shutdown all driving in a given city - including busses. That would drop the accidents down to 0.
While a really stupid idea that would piss everyone off, it would allow the government time to get their shit together and preventing people from dying on airports and in the air.
Shooting Elon is rapid
Theres an old saying you cant have everything Rapid safe and cheap.
You just need to pick 2.
Good thing they saved us a bunch of money by shutting everything down then. They can spend the pentagons sushi budget on quickly training some safe operators.