Originally Posted by
AirWillie
I'm really really glad they went easy on us as far as flight time required to fly for the airlines, 1500 for majors vs 500 for regionals. In reality it looks much worse than that, probably more like 5000 vs 500. I liked how they also mentioned that experience has nothing to do with the past crashes, then what was the point of the story, to scare the public??
It's not even worth watching network news anymore. The point of
this story, as with any other, was to "sell" the news and get the ratings. They've got it down to a science - fear and mass-hysteria sell great!