How safe is aircraft travel today?

[lightbulb27]

The photo is of another tragic plane crash that occurred today, costing the lives of a former NASCAR racer and his family and several other people. Exact count is not known.

There's frequently small plane crashes... however,

I've heard there is a shortage of aircraft mechanics. Seeing parts issues and quality changes in other industries, post covid, would also make me wonder if that occurs in aircraft parts and maintenance. Add to it so many other factors such as prior govts push for equality in hiring leading to lower standards, and recent governmental changes in the FAA, one wonders, it seems a fair question.

If you work in the industry, what do you see and think?

As safe as ever

It's less safe because

Terribly unsafe, I avoid flying

Other

[NathanDavis]

I don't know, but there's a whole lot more demand for private flying than ever before and there's also an increased use of older planes rather than new

and because another entire family in Mexico City also suffered the same faith a couple of days ago... and I happened to see news on YouTube about it, this other video came up

apparently... a lot of rich people and private companies do get parts and even safety checks from not-certified and obscure sources... which has the FAA needing to out in the hunt for these dangerous and illegal practices... or something like that

https://www.youtube.com/embed/HF3hwZAEC7Y

[lightbulb27]

that's positive they are doing this level of QA!

[NathanDavis]

not sure if entirely positive...

if the FAA are investigating bad actors, that's because there's plenty of bad actors doing bad things out there

[exitseven]

The air traffic control system has been a mess for over a decade. There have been many near misses and the horrendous helicopter /plane crash last January. Sec of Transportation Sean Duffy has been working on upgrading the technology and hire more Air Traffic Controllers. Airlines are bot maintaining their planes as much as they did and the TSA is totally incompetent. I have been waiting for a terrorist attack on an airplane for quite some time.

[Dargil]

Airline travel is pretty safe. Travel on a private plane is not so safe.

[Jerre]

Aircraft traveling is safer than traveling by auto

[Anonymous]

Safer than cars, trains, or boats... but when an accident happens, it causes much more damage.

[In_Trance]

Apparently it's not as safe as driving a NASCAR

[beefcakebradybatson]

The first.