Outside of a brief aside in the movie Fight Club and what I assume are economic reasons, I’ve never seen good compelling reasons why airplanes are grounded for accidents, while cars do not seem to undergo the same level of scrutiny?
Is it just because cars are tested more before they enter the market?
From an outsider’s perspective, it seems that airplanes are already much safer than cars- so what gives?
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It’s real simple: people need to trust that that thing above their heads isn’t going to crash on top of them.
It’s why we’ll never have flying cars. No one wants to get hurt by something preventable falling out of the sky.
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