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>I don't want to have PIA planes crashing into others or falling on my head. Even with sleeping pilots, you still are order of magnitude more likely to die by

>I don't want to have PIA planes crashing into others or falling on my head. Even with sleeping pilots, you still are order of magnitude more likely to die by a car than by a plane.

dividedbyzero 6y ago
I guess that's technically correct, but it seems a little pointless; with sufficient negligence, accidents are a virtual certainty, and those who come to harm in such an event would find little solace in that knowledge. In that sense, I don't want PIA planes falling on my own or anyone else's head, land, or property, anywhere in the world. There's no reason to allow pilots and airlines to behave like that, and lots of reasons to sanction them very harshly if they do. After all, who's to believe they're current on their maintenance if they can't even make sure pilots respond when hailed?
- ClumsyPilot 6y ago
  I think the real danger is to passengers of the plane. It is very rare for a plane crash to kill anyone on the ground. Noth of earth surface is not cities, its water/farmland/etc
  - iso1210 6y ago
    More common than you'd think as most crashes are on takeoff or landing, which tend to be in more built up areas.
    - Bobbcatt 6y ago
      Pilots are definitely not sleeping on landing.
    - occamrazor 6y ago
      We are discussing high altitude flyovers here.
      - ithkuil 6y ago
        Scenario: inexperienced/bad pilot misjudges fuel consumption (badly manages energy / height transitions) and requires emergency landing somewhere in EU because it cannot reach London
      - iso1210 6y ago
        Exceptionally unlikey a pilot would be able to crash a plane at 30,000 foot. Far more likely that a medical emergency would lead to a pilot landing at an unfamiliar airport and crashing the plane into block of houses.
qtplatypus 6y ago
And it’s regulatory actions like this that ensure that air travel is safe.
occamrazor 6y ago
And doubly so if your concern is a plane falling on you from the sky.

>I don't want to have PIA planes crashing into others or falling on my head. Even with sleeping pilots, you still are order of magnitude more likely to die by a car than by a plane.

dividedbyzero 6y ago

I guess that's technically correct, but it seems a little pointless; with sufficient negligence, accidents are a virtual certainty, and those who come to harm in such an event would find little solace in that knowledge. In that sense, I don't want PIA planes falling on my own or anyone else's head, land, or property, anywhere in the world. There's no reason to allow pilots and airlines to behave like that, and lots of reasons to sanction them very harshly if they do. After all, who's to believe they're current on their maintenance if they can't even make sure pilots respond when hailed?

ClumsyPilot 6y ago
I think the real danger is to passengers of the plane. It is very rare for a plane crash to kill anyone on the ground. Noth of earth surface is not cities, its water/farmland/etc
- iso1210 6y ago
  More common than you'd think as most crashes are on takeoff or landing, which tend to be in more built up areas.
  - Bobbcatt 6y ago
    Pilots are definitely not sleeping on landing.
  - occamrazor 6y ago
    We are discussing high altitude flyovers here.
    - ithkuil 6y ago
      Scenario: inexperienced/bad pilot misjudges fuel consumption (badly manages energy / height transitions) and requires emergency landing somewhere in EU because it cannot reach London
    - iso1210 6y ago
      Exceptionally unlikey a pilot would be able to crash a plane at 30,000 foot. Far more likely that a medical emergency would lead to a pilot landing at an unfamiliar airport and crashing the plane into block of houses.

qtplatypus 6y ago

And it’s regulatory actions like this that ensure that air travel is safe.

occamrazor 6y ago

And doubly so if your concern is a plane falling on you from the sky.