Originally Posted by
mfirst
maybe the differences between "then" (like the '70s) and now is that we have a much better idea (for better or for worse) of how everything "works"
when a plane went down in the past - it was "pilot error" or terrorism - meaning linked to a single individual (ok, maybe small group) but now we are sensing and being told (which is probably true) that such events (near misses, for example) are part of systemic issues that are harder to understand from an individual risk and fear perspective?
messaging was simpler back in the 1970s, and it avoided deep analysis.
most people I talk to who remember Aa191 ( iconic photo of a plane at 90 degree bank seconds before crash) say..l” the engine came off on takeoff”
The deep analysis was a maintenance failed procedure, engine loss, power loss to cockpit, loss of slat indication o one side of cockpit, slat disagreement , loss of bank awareness, loss of control, a Cascade.
remedies were review of procedures, and more redundance in control indicator power and wiring.