25 Feb 09
Originally posted by PalynkaThe average age of aeroplanes in service is always increasing.
Do you mean total or per flight?
Airlines run their core business model based on cheap air fairs.
Unless you go business flying is a horrible service experience.
It's not difficult to see a potential crisis looming.
25 Feb 09
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Originally posted by uzlessWhat I was hinting at is that air traffic today is bigger than 10 years ago.
number of crashes.
Could just be the media reporting it more often, but one today, a small one yesterday into a river, the one in buffalo, the one in the hudson. Just seem pretty close together
It could be that the total number went up, even though planes are actually safer and the probability of each one falling is smaller. If anyone had data, this could be confirmed (or dismissed).
25 Feb 09
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Originally posted by uzlessThe amount of air traffic congestion is always increasing, while the number of controlled airports remains relatively the same year to year. If this trend remains the same and no new methods of controlling that traffic flow become available, expect near misses and, to a lesser degree, accidents to become more frequent.
Is it me, or does it seem like there are more plane crashes lately?
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/592762
Aircraft age is also a an important factor to look at. Big airlines are ultimately seeking a profit, and it's always been cheaper to maintain current airframes than to rebuild from the ground up. Don't expect this to change anytime soon.
Edit: After reading the article, it doesn't appear that the crash was a result of controller error. It also appears to have been a relatively young airframe. Perhaps it was simply bad weather or birds or some uncontrollable factor.
