This article made me angry enough to resubscribe so I could comment. There is a reason most of the aircraft that crash are not from first world country airlines. Airlines buy the same planes but second and third world countries do not have the same standards for pilot selection, training and retraining. They do not follow FAA regulations…
This article made me angry enough to resubscribe so I could comment. There is a reason most of the aircraft that crash are not from first world country airlines. Airlines buy the same planes but second and third world countries do not have the same standards for pilot selection, training and retraining. They do not follow FAA regulations on airplane and engine maintenance. Third world countries are known for trying to bribe maintenance centers to sign off on engines that have not gone through all required inspections and maintenance. I do not have the data for this year but at one time the 737 including the 737 Max was the best selling plane in the world. Statistically you’d expect more issues with the best selling airplane.
There are orders of magnitude more flights of the 737 by 1st world airlines - yet the crashes in question are by 3rd world airlines. Do we see a trend? Use of DEI is undoubtedly causing more problems. Anytime criteria other than excellence is used in hiring and promotion decisions there are going to have more errors. Unfortunately Aircraft and airlines are all in for DEI and that is going to impact safety.
Also someone commented that a problem was moving manufacturing out of Chicago. The headquarters were in Chicago not manufacturing. Most manufacturing has been done in the Seattle region and moving the headquarters to Chicago was probably not a good decision. The facility in Charleston, SC is more recent and used for the 787.
Building aircraft and flying aircraft are highly technical and difficult processes. The move to have more executives not qualified in all aspects in manufacturing is not helpful but that is true throughout US industry as the federal government has inserted itself into all aspects of the business. Managing the federal government requirements that are growing geometrically has become a bigger part of every executive’s job. Less government would probably result in better safety because you would get more executives qualified in the product - not managing the invasive government officials.
A personal experience. I am an engineer and did a plant startup in the former Soviet Union and was there for months. When we were allowed to leave (the KGB held our passports and controlled our movements) we booked the first plane we could get out to any airport in the West. The first flight was on Aeroflot so we took it. Everyone else on the plane was Soviet. When we landed safely everyone in the plane burst into applause. That was what the Soviets who were allowed to travel to the west (party members) thought about their planes and airlines. That is what anyone flying a third world airline should consider because their plane and pilots aren’t any better.
This article made me angry enough to resubscribe so I could comment. There is a reason most of the aircraft that crash are not from first world country airlines. Airlines buy the same planes but second and third world countries do not have the same standards for pilot selection, training and retraining. They do not follow FAA regulations on airplane and engine maintenance. Third world countries are known for trying to bribe maintenance centers to sign off on engines that have not gone through all required inspections and maintenance. I do not have the data for this year but at one time the 737 including the 737 Max was the best selling plane in the world. Statistically you’d expect more issues with the best selling airplane.
There are orders of magnitude more flights of the 737 by 1st world airlines - yet the crashes in question are by 3rd world airlines. Do we see a trend? Use of DEI is undoubtedly causing more problems. Anytime criteria other than excellence is used in hiring and promotion decisions there are going to have more errors. Unfortunately Aircraft and airlines are all in for DEI and that is going to impact safety.
Also someone commented that a problem was moving manufacturing out of Chicago. The headquarters were in Chicago not manufacturing. Most manufacturing has been done in the Seattle region and moving the headquarters to Chicago was probably not a good decision. The facility in Charleston, SC is more recent and used for the 787.
Building aircraft and flying aircraft are highly technical and difficult processes. The move to have more executives not qualified in all aspects in manufacturing is not helpful but that is true throughout US industry as the federal government has inserted itself into all aspects of the business. Managing the federal government requirements that are growing geometrically has become a bigger part of every executive’s job. Less government would probably result in better safety because you would get more executives qualified in the product - not managing the invasive government officials.
A personal experience. I am an engineer and did a plant startup in the former Soviet Union and was there for months. When we were allowed to leave (the KGB held our passports and controlled our movements) we booked the first plane we could get out to any airport in the West. The first flight was on Aeroflot so we took it. Everyone else on the plane was Soviet. When we landed safely everyone in the plane burst into applause. That was what the Soviets who were allowed to travel to the west (party members) thought about their planes and airlines. That is what anyone flying a third world airline should consider because their plane and pilots aren’t any better.