John Cox said the recent increases didn’t mean the public faced any greater risks because “if you look at the total number of accidents over a five- or 10-year period, the trend line continues to come down.”
“I look at the data daily and I have not seen an erosion in safety,” he said. “The most dangerous part of any flight is the drive to and from the airport — and that is an absolute fact.”
“I watch the media and see how they have increased their interest in any deviations in aviation safety,” he said. “When you get any deviation, it stands out from the roughly 40 million flights that year.”
I don’t see an actual explanation of the issue being brought up here. The complaint seems to be “it should be better by now” rather than “it’s getting worse”
Yes, it appears that the current administration is raising the risk of accidents, and there have been a few high profile accidents since this admin took over, but it doesn’t really appear that the overall trend is getting worse. If it is, I haven’t seen any stats supporting that fact.
Maybe over time the changes being made now will create a more dangerous future.
Having talked to some air traffic controllers with a better view of the situation - most of the changes aren’t short term dangers. It’s things that push towards worse safety reviews and prevention, lower coverage eventually, that type of safety takes at least a year to even take effect, and depending on he type of error, can take up to 40 years to finish clearing up (like changing hiring targets for at)