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Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight (fortune.com)

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Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight::Why are so many flights getting canceled or delayed? Blame a mysterious British supplier accused of falsified documents for plane components.

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s true in general. Planes are very safe overall.

My father has some airlines he’s okay with and some he won’t fly under any circumstances. I’m not talking about overall statistics, but what he knows about the industry’s practices, including mechanical and pilot issues.

Just my .02$

[–] tym@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uhhhh... can we get his list of those he won't fly on?

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I’ll ask next time we play VR mini golf this Saturday.