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Old 03-07-2005, 07:04 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ScottKuma
As far as the bottom line goes, safety = money!

If an airline gets a reputation for not being safe, their passengers will find other ways to get to their reputation. Revenue will suffer, ergo, the bottom line.
Speaking of poor safety, is ValuJet still around?


Rather than criticize BA about safety, I'll take it as a good sign that a plane with one engine out can circle for half an hour (just a guess,) fly 7000 feet below the optimal altitude, and still make it across a whole continent and a whole ocean.
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