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Melon

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2. I'm not sure what you are seeing. But.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Thu Jul 31, 2025, 03:37 PM

Jul 2025

Small planes crash everyday. Large commercial aircraft are very safe but there are many near misses very year. If planes become a topic of interest to the public, more stories are printed or make it higher up on the page.

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Why are there plane disasters every day in the news? [View all] CTyankee Jul 2025 OP

Because Fatass45 is unable to hire competent staff. jls4561 Jul 2025 #1

Hmm, I didn't think of that. It starts at the top of the chain and then gets worse and worse. CTyankee Jul 2025 #3

The 2 recent major crashes were neither in the US nor US airlines EX500rider Jul 2025 #13

I'm not sure what you are seeing. But. Melon Jul 2025 #2

Yep. But the question I have is where did all this public attention start translating into daily stories? When did they CTyankee Jul 2025 #6

As a person who loves a person who flies airplanes for a living, it scares me to my core. mahina Jul 2025 #4

You make perfect sense. So there is a breakdown in air safety and at the same time media interest in covering more CTyankee Jul 2025 #8

I'm more interested in how you would explore that question than you asking me that question mahina Jul 2025 #11

G.O.P. trashed the FAA first thing in January BoRaGard Jul 2025 #5

It's the story of the summer Footay Jul 2025 #7

I'll be interested in seeing how long the media will continue "air disaster du jour" CTyankee Jul 2025 #9

I am afraid to fly now because the FAA is being run by an idiot who has no knowledge on aviation kimbutgar Jul 2025 #10

There were 18 major incidents Greg_In_SF Jul 2025 #12

Have definitely noticed...seems like an almost-daily occurrence since djt arrived. nt allegorical oracle Jul 2025 #14