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Originally Posted by aigel
This is such baloney.
Fatal plane crash rates by model
The A320-line of planes (includes A318, A319, A321) log 0.10 deaths per 1 million flights. The Boeing 737 logs 0.28 deaths per million flights! Newer variants of the 737 pull even with the A320, but nowhere do we see the Airbus planes with a worse record in terms of deaths/flights.
Speaking of stats, can someone tell me how many hours the average airliner flies before it is retired? Looks like 95% of the A320s are still flying!
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The problem with your comparison is that you've lumped all of the 737s together even though they span several generations of aviation technology. Back in the day flying was dangerous. The -100/-200 were little basically snub nose 707s an as such they even had windows for navigating with sextants. At a minimum you need to compare the CFM56-powered 737s to the A320.
And yeah, established, financially well-off airlines like Southwest avoid the scarebus like the plague.