British Airways new safety film starts with a man on horseback, reminiscent of a Bridgerton character, exclaiming, “I see smoke on the horizon,” only for a member of the BA cabin crew to hastily interrupt because of the airline’s no-smoking policy. Another scene features a Mr Darcy-esque figure emerging from a lake and being gushed over by local women. He dons the life jacket under their admiring gaze. But there is a twist at the end… The evolution of in-flight safety videos has seen a shift from straightforward productions to humorous takes, dramatic videos, highly…
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Lion Air’s Woeful Safety
Have you seen those rants (usually on Facebook) from passengers fuming because “their” plane has been cancelled or delayed. The tone they use often suggests they believe that airline has single handedly selected them to punish them. There are many reasons for aeroplane delays with weather and technical issues being the most common. An airline with a good safety culture will not fly a plane which has had a technical issue until that fault is properly rectified. This suits me. Likewise, an airline with a good safety culture will empower their pilots not to take…
Air Safety- Who I will and won’t fly.
Flying is incredibly safe. There are over 5000 airlines with ICAO codes. Very few of those carriers experience any major emergency incidents. Others do. Who do you know is safe or not? I rely on airlineratings.com, that rate about 10 percent of all airlines. Out of those airlines, extrapolating airlineratings.com data, 35% of airlines are fully compliant with seven safety measures. Now no one can guarantee that a “seven star” airline won’t have a crash involving fatalities but they are compliant with the most stringent safety requirements. In addition, 12% are one star airlines that…
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