never fly on a new model of planes. You dont want to be part of a crash that helps them work the kinks out.
Yep.
I used to be crazy afraid of planes so I researched a bunch of different plane crashes and have come up with a set of rules:
1. Always try to fly US-based airlines / airlines with American pilots - a lot of crashes are created by pilots freaking out under pressure when something stops feeling right; for better or worse American pilots have been flying combat missions and in combat zones, so a lot of them are just better under pressure (shouts out to Captain Sullenberger) AND the FAA is a lot better at figuring out the kinks in planes and giving pilots the heads up so they don't do stupid shyt
2. Avoid flying from a party / debaucherous city on an early AM flight - Pilots and airline staff like to get fukked up too. Read what happened with the Air France flight flying from Rio - perfectly good plane crashed into the sea because 2 pilots freaked the fukk out and the most senior pilot was in the back sleeping a hangover off after a night of partying until it was too late
3. Never fly an early AM or late flight when possible, especially if it's really cold or there's been a temperature drop - pilots are humans too and early morning fatigue is a thing; hella planes crash because ice forms up unexpectedly on surfaces and they didn't treat the planes enough before takeoff. Often times this happens early AM or in the evening when the temperature's dropped / there haven't been flights to communicate "fukk...this shyt's icy"
4. When at all possible, don't fly regional airlines when flying internationally - I consistently come out of pocket about $50-$75 more to hop on a Lufthansa or British Airways flight instead of some random regional airline; the regional airlines don't have the same standards of training for pilots and all manners of cultural considerations can lead to ridiculous fukkery (like the Asian airliner that crashed a few years ago because the Asian co-pilot didn't feel comfortable telling the more senior pilot he was fukking up because of the cultural awkwardness of doing so)
5. Avoid flying on newly released airplanes - sometimes it's not even the fact that a new airplane has a problem per se, but it's that flying on a new airplane means the flight is just that less routine to your pilot and crew...no matter how many hours you have in a simulator, if shyt starts to feel weird in the air, it's a different ball game
6. Avoid flying between bumblefukk cities - pilots on these routes are the B or C team or have less hours of flight time; stupid amount of fukkery related crashes on these kinds of routes; this is also obviously the case when traveling abroad - i'm flying to the capital city / financial center and driving from there even if it costs more; not worth the risk to me
