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Old 18th Jul 2007, 16:26
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wileydog3
 
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"Clearly dangerous"? How so?

Every airline operates with an eye on three factors; safety, risks and economics.
If you want to be completely safe, you don't fly.
If you accept all risks, you are highly vulnerable to accidents/incidents.
If you don't acknowledge economics, you're out of business.

And most everyone has read the report that was published years ago that said a fatal accident will cost a carrier OVER $1 BILLION US in lost revenue and law suits so I doubt anyone will knowingly operate in and out of a 'clearly dangerous' airport, much less make it a hub.

If one is ready to bandy about 'clearly dangerous' because they have runways less than 8000ft long, airports in the US such as LGA, DCA, SAN, Burbank, MDW and others would have to be closed.

And while we are terming it a 'clearly dangerous' airport, what kind of pilot would routinely fly in and out of a 'clearly dangerous' airport. For that to happen you have to assume a rational person is consciously making irrational decisions. Who does that on a continuing basis?
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