The confusing thing is that planes don't necessarily need to change often. So once they have a fix and a rock solid design, it isn't like they need to worry much about it again for a while. At least not in my absolutely useless opinion on aircraft lol Everything is short sighted now. Almost no one seems to be thinking beyond today.
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And I can similarly rant about modern consumer vehicles.
Yeah… issues usually arise in new technologies being introduced, new models etc… the older the plane the safer it likely is, kind of contrary to what one might believe. Older models have had to go through fixed and adjustments whereas new stuff is untested - and we are the test subjects.
Exactly. This is one reason I don't buy vehicle models with recent changes. I tend to stick with models that are at least ten years old, and specific vehicles that are five years old. Other dipshits can be the test dummies. It's served me well so far. I rarely deal with anything outside normal maintenance or wear.
