Sure, airline food might have been better in the '50s, but the tradeoff is that you were definitely going to die in a plane crash at some point
As opposed to the stellar craftmanship Boeing is putting out these days?well to be fair thats just part of inshitification charge more use lowest cheapest quality parts possible
As opposed to the stellar craftmanship Boeing is putting out these days?If you step on a plane today, you are objectively the safest you have ever been in the history of air travel.
Sure, airline food might have been better in the '50s, but the tradeoff is that you were definitely going to die in a plane crash at some pointHow unsafe were they?
How unsafe were they?The planes weighed a lot and they moved really fast therefore they were pretty unsafe when they like slammed into the ground
If you step on a plane today, you are objectively the safest you have ever been in the history of air travel.
How unsafe were they?Well, for example, the de Havilland Comet suffered 25 hull losses out of a total production run of 114 aircraft. In 1953-54, three of them broke apart in midair in the span of 12 months.
If you step on a plane today, you are objectively the safest you have ever been in the history of air travel.
like most things these days it probably was another victim of the endless need to cut corners and standards to gain more profits