Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSouth Korea fighter jets collided due to pilots taking pictures, report findswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down12
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minus-squareHadriscuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 months ago South Korea’s air force suspended the wingman pilot, who has since left the military to work for a commercial airline. WTFFF
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agoOh, you’re not gonna want to look at the stats on how many commercial pilots are drunk as skunks while flying, much less any other time. 😅🤔😬
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·2 months agothat’s bullshit. According to, U.S. pilot alcohol violations range from 5 to 25 annually over the last 20 years, with 7 violations in 2022. 0.1% fail on random checks. 7 violations in 118,000 pilots.
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoViolations ≠ occurrences. Don’t conflate the facts.
minus-squareblueryth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoSure… But there aren’t facts on occurrences. Violations seems like it would be a strong indicator of occurrences. If not, why?
WTFFF
Oh, you’re not gonna want to look at the stats on how many commercial pilots are drunk as skunks while flying, much less any other time. 😅🤔😬
that’s bullshit.
According to, U.S. pilot alcohol violations range from 5 to 25 annually over the last 20 years, with 7 violations in 2022.
0.1% fail on random checks.
7 violations in 118,000 pilots.
Violations ≠ occurrences. Don’t conflate the facts.
Sure… But there aren’t facts on occurrences. Violations seems like it would be a strong indicator of occurrences. If not, why?