How Safe is Safety? part 1

Hundreds of jet aircraft are flown everyday all over the world. Despite their complexity, over the years there have been less and less major accidents in the USA. However, the US still has the most accidents because we fly the most. Technology is constantly being improved and as a positive result, aircraft are as well. Aircraft technology is improved for the primary reason to reduce the risk of human error in flight. There are many things technology can do to improve flight safety and at the same time help make the job for pilots safer and less stressful as well. The more we fly the more risk-exposed we become. Some may argue that because humans made them, jets are only as safe as we can make them. However, it can be proven they are through and through. Some will argue that there are still plenty of risks involved, especially with how complex large jet aircraft are, or even with how much time it takes to upgrade or revamp each aircraft. Being heavily interested in aviation and a student helicopter pilot, I intend to reflect on all that I have learned so far in my classes and over whatever I continue to learn through out the remainder of this semester. The next several blog posts will be analyzing the good and bad sides to commercial jets, discussing some of the common risks we've faced in the past and more importantly-what we face today. Despite these issues, I will prove just how safe jets really are.

(To viewers not in my English 111 class, if you wish to refer to anything I use or say in these next several posts, feel free too. I will be using APA format, so please give credit where it's due.

Another thing worth mentioning, I will provide hyper links to the sources I cite in these posts. If you actually click on them once the article will open in the SAME window. Unless you don't mind clicking back a whole bunch don't do this. I recommend you highlight what I cite, right click it with the mouse or button on your laptop and open it in a new tab. It'll save you from going back to posts all the time.)