ITRADE said:
Most all aircraft have rudder cables. Most all aircraft have engines as well. And tires. And wings. But that does not make all aircraft equal. Nor does eaualized the fact that certain facilities service customers who do not have significant budgets or standards. As such, certain facilities are more likely to hire young mechanics, expect less revenue from the customers, and cut corners to the greatest extent possible.
Itrade,
Your comments do indeed show your lack of knowledge about anything having to do with an airplane.
Your comments imply that a jet is more safe than a turbo prop. This is incorrect. Properly maintained and properly flown both are equal in the safety department.
By your comments, you have made the point of your critics. Many turboprops (and RJ's)are currently being flown by low time inexperienced crews and maintained by the lowest bidder. And yes there have been several crashes in recent years due to these factors.
Look into the crashes over the last few years, you will begin to see the pattern. With the exception of the rare crash that is inevitable while operating extreamly fast, complex machines, most accidents of late have been directly the result of poor maint. or inexperience in the cockpit.
Low paid crews and lowest bidder outsourcing will completly rework the american aviation system, but not in the way you think. It is a numbers game, and like in Vegas you can only cheat the numbers so long before you must pay the piper. More deaths WILL result from this if it is allowed to continue.
Some that come to mind over the last few years,
Jetstream 31 -- Poorly trained crew- multible failed checkrides, but still employed until impact.
MD-80- Jackscrew failure- Maint. budget cutting and pressure from the company (Alleged, in court to determine, but fined by the FAA already) saved lots of money right up until impact.
ATR- Ice contamination- Lower experience level- commented about the planes funny flying qualities, never thought to do anything about it until it departed controlled flight.
MD-80- approach in thunderstorm, very experienced crew, still screwed the pooch, even the most experienced can get into trouble.
DC-9 merges with swamp-- Contractor screw up- supposedly experts in aviation.
Airbus tail just falls off-- Either that airplane is a complete death trap and should be grounded or we don't have all the facts on that one.
BE 1900-- contract maint. screw up. Tail problem. Nuff said.
BE 1900-- Ditto, except water landing instead of tarmac.
RJ-- VERY hard landing. Aircraft totaled. Left and did not report it. Total time of the crew combined wasn't enough to get insured on your average corporate 6 seat turbo prop, but just fine for this 50 seat RJ airline.
I could go on, but you get the idea. These all have already happened, and the beancounters have not heeded the warnings yet.
The average passenger would crap himself if he knew how inexperienced some of his RJ crews are. Not all, and not all airlines, but enough to spook other pilots. You do not have to look far to find airline, and military pilots that refuse to put their families on certain airline brands.
Which airlines you ask? Check their maint. provider and their employee salaries, if thats bad, it normally goes down hill from there.
Passengers should check the NTSB accident reports before they make comments like "They are all the same, wheres my cheap ticket!"
NTSB reports are avalible online.
