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I recently landed at night at an uncontrolled airport, located in uncontrolled airspace at Palau. With two airliners in the pattern! Was that dangerous?
Everyday, around the world, airliners land without ATC, is that dangerous? Is the oil industry's helicopter ops in the Gulf of Mexico dangerous? Yes, it is about risk management, it is also about running an airline and serving passengers safely. The US system has a demonstrably safe system, as safe as Europe's. Perhaps, safer. No US carrier would have an engine failure on take-off and cross the Atlantic (BA); have been criticized publicly for poor safety culture (AF, with several recent hull losses, including crashing an A320 with passengers on-board flying an airshow); had three pilots fail at understanding aircraft systems (TUI at AMS). Then again, how's the oil industry doing at safety analysis?
You keep posting here with no demonstrated knowledge of aviation. Would you like to inform us of your experience in aviation, particularly in risk analysis in airline operations?
Before the slagging begins, BA was well within their operating certificate and the FARs in operating KLAX to EGLL with three. It was not, perhaps, the most public relations oriented decision.