Originally Posted by
C130driver
When's the last time one of the big 3 had a fatal incident due to pilot error , or had one of their pilots ask the passengers to pray instead of acting like a freaking pilot and secure the aircraft? Give me a break. Air Asia is a Ponzi scheme filled with dudes who shouldn't be driving a car let alone an airplane.
I'm an old guy. I remember many fatal U.S crashes. American 587 was assumed to be pilot error. Alaska 261, poor maintenance on jack screw. Comair Lexington, KY crash, pilot error. Val u jet in Everglades inflight fire, Colgan Air crash Buffalo, pilot error. I can go on and on. Although we in the USA have better maintenance and training than third world countries, we are far from perfect. Accidents and incidents will happen. I'm not defending the likes of Air Asia at all, I'm just saying that sh!t happens in aviation. We need to agree that no one is immune from the dangers of flight in general.