Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Central Scrutiniser

Yeah - that's because a 737 takes off every 30 seconds or so IIRC. The number of Boeing planes in the air is about four times the number of Airbuses, I believe.

Another example of why "statistics" can lie.


102 posted on 04/24/2006 4:21:37 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God is giving you countless observable clues of His existence!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 100 | View Replies ]


To: DennisR

Well, 3 737's were lost due to the rudder problem. I'd say that was pretty bad. US Air, Turkish and United.

Boeing fixed that, just as Airbus have fixed their A300 wing problem. The A320 crash at the airshow was pilot error.

I fly all the time, sometimes on dodgy airlines and airliners. Last year, I had a choice of flying a well known dangerous airline (Phuket Air) flying 35 year old Japanese built YS-11's, or a 3rd world nation's airline (Lao Airlines) on a dodgy ATR-72, or taking a bus for 18 hours.

I flew on the Lao Airline, since then, the airline flying the YS-11's stopped flying, and the planes were junked!


107 posted on 04/24/2006 4:29:46 PM PDT by Central Scrutiniser (No one censors speech they agree with.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 102 | View Replies ]

To: DennisR

"Another example of why "statistics" can lie."

As I was taught in statistics, it is a course in how to lie with figures and how to make figures lie.


126 posted on 04/24/2006 5:58:06 PM PDT by dalereed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 102 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson