What NASA Won't Tell You About Air Safety

rabble writes "According to a report out of Washington, NASA wants to avoid telling you about how unsafe you are when you fly. According to the article, when an $8.5M safety study of about 24,000 pilots indicated an alarming number of near collisions and runway incidents, NASA refused to release the results. The article quotes one congressman as saying 'There is a faint odor about it all.' A friend of mine who is a general aviation pilot responded to the article by saying 'It's scary but no surprise to those of us who fly.'"

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Re:This really that bad?

[UncleTogie]

If pilots are more likely to report incidents (near-misses and dangerous situations) if they know that the data will only be used internally then not releasing it is the right answer.

So you're telling us to approve a system where a group of {some} professionals are less than forthcoming concerning safety. The answer is NOT keeping your safety policies/incidents mum, the answer is firing the self-centered idiots more concerned with their career than with keeping passengers safe.

Examples of a real pilot available on request, and Col. Linn will be remembered as such.