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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > I was talking more about how the air industry has weakened security
> > proposals in the past - not their failure to implement existing
> > regulations.
>
> Because it was expensive. Everything has a price and sometimes we're not
> willing to pay it.
>
> > My worry is that if the market is allowed to dictate airline safety then the
> > safety may become heavy with superficial safety issues and the ones the
> > public does not understand fully (say widget maintenance) slip. Safety
> > should be based on risk assessment not focus groups or public hysteria .
>
> I agree with the final comment. Why would a government agency provide more
> sure widget maintenance than would a private corporation.
???
The FAA has fined airlines many times for rebadging used parts (or
dangerous/damaged parts) as certified for re-use. Seems damned obvious to me that
the private corps are trying to cut widget maintenance costs IN SPITE OF government
agency rules/regs. Remove those regs, and planes will be dropping from the skies
left and right without any "help" from terrorists.
> > I just worry about corporations cutting corners for the sake of profit. That
> > is what happened here:
> > From:
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1538000/1538682.stm
> > ==+==
> > Within the last decade, a major commission headed by then US Vice-President
> > Al Gore recommended increasing security to international levels - but the
> > industry opposed the idea so strongly that the plan was never adopted, say
> > industry insiders.
> > ==+==
>
> It was too expensive.
It WAS too expensive. I wouldn't say it's too expensive now.
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