Humans have a morbid fear of plummeting to their deaths from 30,000’. They imagine that it’s a far worse way of dying than, say, smashing into a tree in a car at 120kph.
Of course it’s a nonsense.
But it’s part of the ‘mystique’ of aviation that justifies more and more rules to ‘prevent’ aircraft accidents.
It’s like ASICs. The façade of security makes the punters ‘feel’ safe.
Last edited by Creampuff; 28th Oct 2013 at 01:32.
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