Originally Posted by
jaysona
You're free to disagree with me all you like, however it is not just my opinion that an airplane is safe to fly while operating under MEL rules, I know it is safe.
I obviously don't disagree with the gist of your comments re MEL.
But just one detail. There is no such a thing as "safe."
There is safer, not as safe, safe enough, or not.
When you write "safe," it really translate into "safe enough as far as you (or whoever) is concerned." Or in other words, safe enough when taking into account how mch an improvement would cost.
Which begs the question, what's the $ amount you assess my life at?
(In the larger scheme of things, what I assess my life to be worth might not be the same as the guy next door... But eh, let him fly WS. Or should it be the reverse?)