30 years indeed! What a striking coincidence that I'm rostered to fly on the date of the anniversary into the same airport that saw the worst disaster in aviation history.
Has anything really changed? Well, yes, a lot has changed in those thirty years. But there is still far more to do. While the equipment is more reliable, there are more and better facilities everywhere and ATC has generally improved, it is no less true than some places are far more dangerous than others. And while improvements in SOPs, CRM and ATC procedures have been implemented, the dramatic increase in traffic at some airports may well offset whatever benefits those bring, and some airports/areas are no less prone to incidents than they were 30 years ago.
Food for thought. Could the same accident be repeated now somewhere? Yes, it could. Perhaps it will. Maybe we pilots, through our associations should take a more aggresive stand about this.