Old 02-22-2010 | 06:35 AM
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From: In favor of good things, not in favor of bad things
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Not entirely their fault, there are not any product labels or warnings required.

Airline tickets should be labeled like food for safety risk, relative to the airline industry as a whole with special warnings for certain categories...



Bottom-feeder Airlines Flight 3707:
Flight Crew Pay: 9% percentile
Flight Crew Experience level: 6% percentile
Flight Crew Saturated Experience Level: 3% percentile (operational experience acquired outside of formal training programs)
Flight Crew Rest Rules: 4% percentile
Cabin Crew Pay: 8% Percentile
Maintenance Budget (pro rata): 2% percentile
Ten Year Incident/Accident Rate (industry normalized): 1,790%

WARNING: This airline employs flight crew members with no prior commercial pilot experience.

WARNING: This airline employs fight crew members who do not hold an Airline Transport Pilot License.

WARNING: This airline utilizes Flight Crew rest rules which do not meet the NTSB recommended minimum daily rest allowance.

WARNING: This airline has been found in violation of FAA maintenance requirements within the previous five years.

WARNING: This airline's historical accident is significantly higher than industry average. This historical travel risk corresponds approximately to:

[ ] Staying home in your basement bomb shelter
[ ] Normal Airline Travel
[ ] Taking the Train
[ ] Cross country travel in a large automobile
[ ] Cross country travel in a small private airplane
[ ] Landing a Fighter Jet on an Aircraft Carrier, at night, in storm conditions.
[X] Cross country travel on a motorcycle, in winter storm conditions
[ ] Travel to the International Space Station
I know, and I agree with what you are saying. I don't want to level too hefty an accusation at the consumer when there are so many other links in the chain here. But I think on some level this should be brought to their collective attention.
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