Ever notice how rare commercial plane crashes are in the United States? One expert rates your chances of dying in a crash about the same as being struck by lightning 7 times! That’s some pretty slim chances.
The numbers of fatal crashes have gone done significantly in the past 50 years or so:
But when planes do crash, over half of the crashes are due to ‘pilot error.’ Ever seen a commercial cockpit? Pilots have an awful lot of stuff to remember.
Do pilots just have incredible memories? I’m sure their spouses would say that’s not the case. Especially on anniversaries.
One major reason that pilot error has been reduced is a simple device called a checklist. Pilots must perform their checklists at certain phases of their flights such as takeoff and landing. The checklist makes sure that nothing critical is left out. Even veteran pilots with decades of flying…
JP Moses
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