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Comment by Quitschquat

2 days ago

> There is a deeper issue, in a crash,

you'll be dead so it won't matter much.

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toast0  2 days ago

The vast majority of airplane incidents with injuries are not a total loss with most people dead.

Hard landings, rough turbulence, runway excursions, etc are far more common and also situations where differences in restraints make meaningful differences in outcomes.

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