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Comment by sph

7 hours ago

Maybe there's credible threat of MANPADs from the cartels? Wouldn't be the first time around, apparently.

https://old.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1r1s4zt/faa_groun...

Stopping life flights though? The supposed risk of cartels shooting down a helicopter vs the immediate risk of "this guy is going to die if we don't fly him to the nearest trauma center"... That risk calculus doesn't make sense.

  • To be fair, risk calculus does not appear to be this administration's strong suit.

    • Lets just for a second pretend that cartel g2a attacks are the legitimate threat. You now have a decision in regards to sparing lives: 1 Life, ground the medivacs, vs 3-4 Lives and letting them fly. Risk the life of 1 person by not allowing them fly, vs risking more lives by Allowing them to fly. (I had to explain it again so that you hopefully understand)

      Seems like they understand risk calculus more than you.

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