My parents’ neighbor is a Boeing retired engineer.
He won’t fly commercial.
PERIOD.
(no joke, and only found out about this Father’s Day after I made an offhand remark when the subject of my flying - NOT -came up in conversation)
Well, I am also a retired Boeing engineer and do not think twice about flying commercial. It is astonishingly safe.
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