RE: Can we have safer commercial air travel if parachutes are present?
So much to chew in this post though. Humor and facts intertwined.
There's no way hundreds of people will jump from a descending air craft, it's just so funny as it looks. Aside the phobia (which definitely will play a big role), we probably will expect them to drop at intervals, at least, one person at a time. so, considering the speed with which the air plane will be descending, probably just a small percentage of them will be able to jump before the minimum altitude allowable for a safe landing is reached.
Also, cost as you mention will be a big constraint considering the big odds of a possible crash. Nobody willl ever want to spend that much one parachutes just to except a crash whose probability of occurrence is so tiny. I ll rather build hostels in all Nigerian tertiary institutions and await alerts from house rents!
I've learned a lot here:
- hypoxia
- babariga (carcked me!) - how is that its name!
- aviophobia
The facts too - O lit!
The detachable aircraft will really be cool
Nice knowing we are thinking in the same way, I'm working on something related
Thanks for the compliment, we all try to make science great again :)