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Old 31st Aug 2019, 02:56
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hans brinker
 
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Originally Posted by Fursty Ferret
Yes. And I often do.
I will have to disagree. The risk is just not worth it. Even if the chance of something happening is extremely low, for aviation that is probably still high. Fatal accidents are down to 60 per TRILLION passenger revenue kilometer. Having a known risk allowed to continue is not the right thing. I feel bad for the pilots affected by mental health issues, but our job is probably the worst for risk of injury or death to other people in case of mishaps due to mental health. If the eurowings guy would have had pretty much any other job, he would have been the only fatality.
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