▲ 179 ▼ Emergency Exit Slide Detaches As Delta Flight Takes Off, Forces Return to New York JFK (viewfromthewing.com) submitted 2 years ago* by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) I was going to say do we even need to bother asking who manufactured the plane anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) Boeing and Airbus are the only large passenger aircraft manufacturers that I'm aware of. Don't get me wrong, Boeing's doing awful lately. But even on a good day the odds are high it's Boeing, and even higher when news outlets know people want to hear about every fail from Boeing suddenly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] meco03211@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is Airbus seeing similar rates of failure on their older models? Not that you personally need to know, just that question should be asked/answered if we're going to give Boeing the benefit of the doubt. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Great question, I'm curious too. I definitely don't want to give Boeing to benefit of the doubt. Just wanted to give perspective that there aren't a lot of aircraft manufacturer options. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago All I know right now is I've seen a ton of stories lately about different Boeing failures and can't think of a single such story about an Airbus failure. The only thing that pops into mind in general about Airbus is that one really big plane they were making kept getting delayed, which from my perspective actually sounds good because it's a sign they might not be cutting corners like Boeing seems to be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I fly Delta a fair bit just because they’ve fucked me around the least out of the major US carriers. They also use Embraer models for shorter regional flights. However, yes, you’re correct in saying the odds are high that any given commercial jet in the air is a Boeing or an Airbus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) Boeing and Airbus are the only large passenger aircraft manufacturers that I'm aware of. Don't get me wrong, Boeing's doing awful lately. But even on a good day the odds are high it's Boeing, and even higher when news outlets know people want to hear about every fail from Boeing suddenly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] meco03211@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is Airbus seeing similar rates of failure on their older models? Not that you personally need to know, just that question should be asked/answered if we're going to give Boeing the benefit of the doubt. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Great question, I'm curious too. I definitely don't want to give Boeing to benefit of the doubt. Just wanted to give perspective that there aren't a lot of aircraft manufacturer options. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago All I know right now is I've seen a ton of stories lately about different Boeing failures and can't think of a single such story about an Airbus failure. The only thing that pops into mind in general about Airbus is that one really big plane they were making kept getting delayed, which from my perspective actually sounds good because it's a sign they might not be cutting corners like Boeing seems to be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I fly Delta a fair bit just because they’ve fucked me around the least out of the major US carriers. They also use Embraer models for shorter regional flights. However, yes, you’re correct in saying the odds are high that any given commercial jet in the air is a Boeing or an Airbus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is Airbus seeing similar rates of failure on their older models? Not that you personally need to know, just that question should be asked/answered if we're going to give Boeing the benefit of the doubt. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Great question, I'm curious too. I definitely don't want to give Boeing to benefit of the doubt. Just wanted to give perspective that there aren't a lot of aircraft manufacturer options. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago All I know right now is I've seen a ton of stories lately about different Boeing failures and can't think of a single such story about an Airbus failure. The only thing that pops into mind in general about Airbus is that one really big plane they were making kept getting delayed, which from my perspective actually sounds good because it's a sign they might not be cutting corners like Boeing seems to be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Great question, I'm curious too. I definitely don't want to give Boeing to benefit of the doubt. Just wanted to give perspective that there aren't a lot of aircraft manufacturer options. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago All I know right now is I've seen a ton of stories lately about different Boeing failures and can't think of a single such story about an Airbus failure. The only thing that pops into mind in general about Airbus is that one really big plane they were making kept getting delayed, which from my perspective actually sounds good because it's a sign they might not be cutting corners like Boeing seems to be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I fly Delta a fair bit just because they’ve fucked me around the least out of the major US carriers. They also use Embraer models for shorter regional flights. However, yes, you’re correct in saying the odds are high that any given commercial jet in the air is a Boeing or an Airbus. permalink fedilink source parent