I have an irrational phobia of flying, I know all the stats about how flying is safest way to travel. I was wondering if someone could explain the why though. I’m hoping that if I can better understand what makes it safe that maybe I won’t be afraid when I fly.
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The culture of aviation safety is extremely strong and it’s said the regulations are written in blood. Any accident is investigated and there’s also a system where you can file on any mistake you make anonymously. If you somehow get in trouble for it the resulting enforcement is diminished or not enforced at all.
Frankly there’s a lot of systems out there who should study aviation’s safety culture for improvement. I knew of a pilot who was also a surgeon and he went around the country giving training to surgical teams on minimizing mistakes by using aviation techniques like checklists.
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