A plane crash

[ScriptOhio]

Agree it’s a very interesting program. Also included through Disney+ and National Geographic.

Yeah, initially you would think seeing a show about an airplane crash might make you afraid to fly; however, for me it has the opposite effect. You see how rare airplane crashes are, how thoroughly the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates them to find the exact cause(s), and how the fixes/changes/modifications are implemented to eliminate all those causes on future flights. You actually see how safe the airline industry really is.

 

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[DaiMonMoore]

Yeah, initially you would think seeing a show about an airplane crash might make you afraid to fly; however, for me it has the opposite effect. You see how rare airplane crashes are, how thoroughly the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates them to find the exact cause(s), and how the fixes/changes/modifications are implemented to eliminate all those causes on future flights. You actually see how safe the airline industry really is.

Given improvements in technology, learning from past mistakes, and better training it is possible to eliminate all causes of commercial airline crashes. Except for:

--Collision with a smaller non-commercial plane who is not maintaining their proper position, which we saw in DC and have seen in close calls where private planes have gotten onto the wrong runways.
--Suicidal pilot. Nothing you can do about that unless the co-pilot can incapacitate him/her. Could also say a pilot that turns into a complete dumbass as we saw several years ago with Air France (flight from South America to Europe)

 

[DubCoffman62]

In the 1990's I regularly rode on egg beaters from Anchorage Alaska to out to the Aleutians. I survived several terrifying landing in Dutch Harbor. Never got scared once. In the 2000's I flew to London and back several times. I was on a much safer plane, a jet to be exact but as I've aged I've become more aware of my mortality. I prefer not to fly these days. Call it a fear of flying but I feel out of control up at the mercy of the pilots, the aircraft and other factors. The last time I flew we hit some turbulence on our approach that shook us up pretty good and that was it for me.

 

[RuGettinIt]

In the 1990's I regularly rode on egg beaters from Anchorage Alaska to out to the Aleutians. I survived several terrifying landing in Dutch Harbor. Never got scared once. In the 2000's I flew to London and back several times. I was on a much safer plane, a jet to be exact but as I've aged I've become more aware of my mortality. I prefer not to fly these days. Call it a fear of flying but I feel out of control up at the mercy of the pilots, the aircraft and other factors. The last time I flew we hit some turbulence on our approach that shook us up pretty good and that was it for me.

Ah yes, that’s a helluva flight from Anchorage to Dutch. Had half the ceiling fall in one time and then had to land at King(?) Is on the AF strip to refuel because the headwinds were so strong.

The takeoff out of Dutch straight up is wild and seeing the plane wreckage on that Mountain as your going up is a bit unnerving.

Good times for young men….

 

[DubCoffman62]

Ah yes, that’s a helluva flight from Anchorage to Dutch. Had half the ceiling fall in one time and then had to land at King(?) Is on the AF strip to refuel because the headwinds were so strong.

The takeoff out of Dutch straight up is wild and seeing the plane wreckage on that Mountain as your going up is a bit unnerving.

Good times for young men….

King Salmon

 

[DubCoffman62]

Ah yes, that’s a helluva flight from Anchorage to Dutch. Had half the ceiling fall in one time and then had to land at King(?) Is on the AF strip to refuel because the headwinds were so strong.

The takeoff out of Dutch straight up is wild and seeing the plane wreckage on that Mountain as your going up is a bit unnerving.

Good times for young men….

I remember my first trip back to Anchorage from Shemya. We stopped at Dutch harbor, we approached from the west and had to circle the bay in order to land and that fucking plane was shaking so badly if I hadn't been buckled in I surely would have slammed my head on the ceiling. It was a rough landing but we made it uneventfully to the ground. I swear those flights over the Alaskan Peninsula were some of the most breath taking I've ever flown. Miles and miles of uninhabitable wilderness out the window.

 

[RuGettinIt]

I remember my first trip back to Anchorage from Shemya. We stopped at Dutch harbor, we approached from the west and had to circle the bay in order to land and that fucking plane was shaking so badly if I hadn't been buckled in I surely would have slammed my head on the ceiling. It was a rough landing but we made it uneventfully to the ground. I swear those flights over the Alaskan Peninsula were some of the most breath taking I've ever flown. Miles and miles of uninhabitable wilderness out the window.

Yep amazing views out the plane windows. Always had to make sure you had a set of clothes in your backpack, because you were never sure your luggage was making the flight due to weight constraints

 

[DubCoffman62]

Yep amazing views out the plane windows. Always had to make sure you had a set of clothes in your backpack, because you were never sure your luggage was making the flight due to weight constraints

When I was out there it was a 50/50 chance that your plane back into town would be able to land because of the fog. Spent many a night at Adak waiting for another chance to get back out there

One of my buddies from those days, forgot his name but he was a trip. These are old WW2 bunkers

 

[RuGettinIt]

Yeah we roamed around some of those areas. I recall you had to be careful to make sure you didn’t trespass on Native lands.

I also learned what trash bird’s Eagles were. They were definitely dumpster divers. They would try to shit on you to.

Experienced my first earthquake on the Island. Met Sig and watched them filming the boats going in and out for Deadliest Catch. The canneries stunk to high hell.

 

[DubCoffman62]

Yeah we roamed around some of those areas. I recall you had to be careful to make sure you didn’t trespass on Native lands.

I also learned what trash bird’s Eagles were. They were definitely dumpster divers. They would try to shit on you to.

Experienced my first earthquake on the Island. Met Sig and watched them filming the boats going in and out for Deadliest Catch. The canneries stunk to high hell.

I actually ran the landfill on one of those Islands. Back in Anchorage i also worked landfills and used to get a laugh out of watching bears and eagles fighting over garbage. Those were good times. Although I'm glad that I made it back to civilization I wouldn't trade those 4 years for anything.