Jeff Wise

Well, in my direct experience, no. I mean, I fly little planes. I fly like Cessnas and things. My experience of the U.S. aviation system is that it is full of extremely competent people who take their job very seriously and really are doing the best and have achieved incredible things. I mean, it's a miracle.

Well, in my direct experience, no. I mean, I fly little planes. I fly like Cessnas and things. My experience of the U.S. aviation system is that it is full of extremely competent people who take their job very seriously and really are doing the best and have achieved incredible things. I mean, it's a miracle.

I mean, if you go back 100 years and you said, you know, to your great grandfather, oh, we're going to be flying from New York to L.A. for a couple hundred bucks and you're like going to be almost guaranteed safety. You know, he wouldn't believe it. So overall, I have enormous faith in the system. But. There's always the there are there are risks that occur. It's always tempting to cut corners.

I mean, if you go back 100 years and you said, you know, to your great grandfather, oh, we're going to be flying from New York to L.A. for a couple hundred bucks and you're like going to be almost guaranteed safety. You know, he wouldn't believe it. So overall, I have enormous faith in the system. But. There's always the there are there are risks that occur. It's always tempting to cut corners.

It's because you don't see the danger until, you know, you've got people pulling dead bodies out of the river.

It's because you don't see the danger until, you know, you've got people pulling dead bodies out of the river.

So if I had been on that plane coming into land last night, I would have said to myself, I am essentially completely safe. They always say you're more likely to die on the road, the drive to the airport than in the plane. But I would have been wrong. We thought we were safer than we turned out to be.

So if I had been on that plane coming into land last night, I would have said to myself, I am essentially completely safe. They always say you're more likely to die on the road, the drive to the airport than in the plane. But I would have been wrong. We thought we were safer than we turned out to be.

This airport is a small airport. It's very close to the city center. The FAA has been complaining for a long time that it has more traffic than it can really bear. And yet it is under constant pressure from lawmakers to add more flights because they want to get back to where they came from. for holidays and whatnot.

This airport is a small airport. It's very close to the city center. The FAA has been complaining for a long time that it has more traffic than it can really bear. And yet it is under constant pressure from lawmakers to add more flights because they want to get back to where they came from. for holidays and whatnot.

In fact, this particular plane that crashed last night was flying a route that was only added last year because of pressure from a Congressman from Kansas. And this is kind of an inherently flawed dynamic, right? Where you have an airport That is being used by the lawmakers who make the all they're responsible for all the laws covering the entire country, including the entire aviation system.

In fact, this particular plane that crashed last night was flying a route that was only added last year because of pressure from a Congressman from Kansas. And this is kind of an inherently flawed dynamic, right? Where you have an airport That is being used by the lawmakers who make the all they're responsible for all the laws covering the entire country, including the entire aviation system.

And they have reason to go like budget, you know, push the boundaries. Like, let's just add a little. Let's go a little bit beyond safe, a little bit beyond safe. You know, once you go past that red line, there's nothing to pull you back.

And they have reason to go like budget, you know, push the boundaries. Like, let's just add a little. Let's go a little bit beyond safe, a little bit beyond safe. You know, once you go past that red line, there's nothing to pull you back.

Yeah, it's like, it's insane. I mean, we live in an insane world and I just, I don't, I don't know. I don't, I don't understand anything anymore, actually.

Yeah, it's like, it's insane. I mean, we live in an insane world and I just, I don't, I don't know. I don't, I don't understand anything anymore, actually.

Guys, it's my pleasure. Thank you.

Guys, it's my pleasure. Thank you.