> 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.
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?