> I don't think arresting mechanisms are common, and they require extra space to install them. The crew having the training and authority to divert to an alternate airport when it is wet and they are overweight is probably a better focus.
so during the Mangalore flight landing attempt, the first officer asked to divert to another airport (twice) but the captain refused. doesn't that show the lack of safety concern for captain or lack of repercussions if they made it safely? i bet the first officer would be laughed at if they landed safely and s/he wouldn't even bother complaining about it.
if they don't have the space to install the arresting mechanism, how about installing them and limit the size of the aircraft that land at that airport (if expanding the runway is out of question). i mean any nation that care about human lives would do that.
> Of course, it's also important to avoid criticizing poor people for being poor. What were the alternatives? It would be much safer for each kid to be in their own family SUV, as is common in the US, but this increase in child safety is due to increased wealth, not increased virtue.
the alternative would be to find another rickshaw driver who limits the number of kids to 5. sure, it will be expensive but human lives should have more value than a 100-200Rs/month savings.
> so during the Mangalore flight landing attempt, the first officer asked to divert to another airport (twice) but the captain refused.
I didn't know this, but guessing that something like this happened is precisely why I brought it up. The fix for a broken safety culture in aviation isn't arresting mechanisms so that it's impossible to crash: it's addressing whatever series of events and incentives led to the captain making that decision, whether that means providing extra training, or finding the source of pressure from his superiors to avoid the diversion.
It is probably the case that Indian airline aviation has actually made these changes now. If so, it is a dramatically better intervention than your proposal for an arresting mechanism at one airport. India received the highest grade for airline safety last year.
> the alternative would be to find another rickshaw driver who limits the number of kids to 5. sure, it will be expensive but human lives should have more value than a 100-200Rs/month savings.
Why stop at only that 100-200Rs/month savings? There are probably many other sources of avoidable safety risk in India. What percentage of a poor person's income would you dedicate to more expensive safety improvements?
> The fix for a broken safety culture in aviation isn't arresting mechanisms so that it's impossible to crash: it's addressing whatever series of events and incentives led to the captain making that decision, whether that means providing extra training, or finding the source of pressure from his superiors to avoid the diversion.
sure but at the end of the day the decision is mostly made by a single (or multiple) human being(s) who can make honest mistakes or be arrogant (this sounds like what happened in the Mangalore case). in any case, having an arresting mechanism would safe lives. no matter how many hours of additional training is given, they can still make mistakes. even if it doesn't get used in 100,000 uses but if it saves 10 lives on the 100,001th use, it's worth it.
> India received the highest grade for airline safety last year.
do you mind providing some sources for that? afaik there were no airlines accident last year anywhere that resulted in a loss of live.
> Why stop at only that 100-200Rs/month savings? There are probably many other sources of avoidable safety risk in India. What percentage of a poor person's income would you dedicate to more expensive safety improvements?
sure. i'm giving out examples of poor safety. nowhere did i say this is the leading cause of avoidable deaths. this is one of the many i have seen there.
so during the Mangalore flight landing attempt, the first officer asked to divert to another airport (twice) but the captain refused. doesn't that show the lack of safety concern for captain or lack of repercussions if they made it safely? i bet the first officer would be laughed at if they landed safely and s/he wouldn't even bother complaining about it.
if they don't have the space to install the arresting mechanism, how about installing them and limit the size of the aircraft that land at that airport (if expanding the runway is out of question). i mean any nation that care about human lives would do that.
> Of course, it's also important to avoid criticizing poor people for being poor. What were the alternatives? It would be much safer for each kid to be in their own family SUV, as is common in the US, but this increase in child safety is due to increased wealth, not increased virtue.
the alternative would be to find another rickshaw driver who limits the number of kids to 5. sure, it will be expensive but human lives should have more value than a 100-200Rs/month savings.