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Of course, airlines are rushing to reassure us that planes are still safe, and make no mistake, they are. The numbers show that, currently, my chances of dying on the next flight are about eight million to one, much lower than when I’m driving to the grocery...
So airlines need to take a step back and size up the situation. While it’s impossible to eradicate all risk, every possible step must be taken to minimize it, even at higher costs. Excepting the Peru crash that was the result of inclement weather, the other three...
Here’s where the airlines can take their next steps: increase safety precautions; up maintenance rigor, tighten inspection standards, and, most importantly, don’t go breaking any more crash statistic records. After all, it’s not enough just to assert that planes are safe?...
AirTran, based in Orlando, Fla., may stand to gain more from the looming industry restructuring, particularly a Delta bankruptcy, than any other carrier. For one thing, AirTran's bread-and-butter routes are in the eastern U.S.--where Delta and others will probably trim the number of flights and raise...
Going forward, Leonard knows AirTran's fate will depend largely on whether the Federal Government gets out of the business of subsidizing failed airlines. "As a nation, we are subsidizing failure on a grand scale ... And it needs to end," says Leonard. "There should be firm limits to bankrupt carriers...