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I don't really get why you insist on continuing to compare the 737 MAX deaths to unrelated, irrelevant other statistics.

The Concorde was a niche aircraft that hasn't flown for over 20 years. Even if it were flying today, I would still consider its safety record as in a completely separate bucket than subsonic commercial airliners.

And I don't care how the 737 MAX compares to driving. I care how it compares to other, similar, commercial aircraft in use today. If I'm going to drive, I drive. If I'm going to fly, I'm going to care about how the plane on my itinerary compares to other planes I could be sitting on with a similar itinerary.



> unrelated, irrelevant other statistics.

Risk I regularly take are hardly irrelevant to me. I consider this kind of comparison to be foundational to rational behavior.

> completely separate bucket than other subsonic commercial airliners

It didn’t have the worst history compared to other subsonic commercial airliners flying at the time when they grounded it. What it had was the potential for improvement.

If you actually care about safety knowing what the actual most dangerous aircraft are would be the rational decision. And today the 737 Max has had 20x the flights and still the same number of accidents. So if you’re concerned about safety how does it stack up?




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