People don't remember the 80's when there was an airliner crash virtually every month. I think we are going back to that if airlines are using social criteria rather than pilot competence to hire pilots.
Most of the crashes in the 70s and 80s had to do with technology not being as advanced as it is now. There weren't things like TCAS (traffic collision avoidance system) to prevent planes from accidentally flying into each other. There wasn't GPWS (ground proximity warning system) to alert pilots that they were about to fly into terrain... but you also had a lot of maintenance issues like AA191. Sorry, not sure if you were looking for a serious answer or not.
People don't remember the 80's when there was an airliner crash virtually every month. I think we are going back to that if airlines are using social criteria rather than pilot competence to hire pilots.
What was the given cause for those crashes btw?
Most of the crashes in the 70s and 80s had to do with technology not being as advanced as it is now. There weren't things like TCAS (traffic collision avoidance system) to prevent planes from accidentally flying into each other. There wasn't GPWS (ground proximity warning system) to alert pilots that they were about to fly into terrain... but you also had a lot of maintenance issues like AA191. Sorry, not sure if you were looking for a serious answer or not.