PinnacleFO

Just curious, If you had the worlds best flight crew at the controls, what airplane do you feel safest in when deadheading in the back?

Also, my appologies to the Dash 300 and 200 guys, group that under the q i guess and also to the beech guys It wont let me edit the poll.

coopervane

Probably 737- any series


Least safe, TU-134 those things drop like flies all over third world countries

PinnacleFO

I voted the DC9!!! Its proven technology

colinflyin

I voted Q 400. Until Colgan 3407 there have been no fatalities in this bird or any of it's smaller models (Q 100 200 300), and this plane has been flying for a while, and I've flown the 200 and loved flying it. I like this thread should be interesting.

iPilot

I remember hearing a long time back that there has never been a fatal accident in a E-145. Seems far fetched but does anyone know for sure?

As for the 737, I highly doubt it considering they had all those rudder hard-over accidents. Still pretty darn good record considering how long they've been flying!

rickair7777

None that I know of.

The advantage of an old model is that all the bugs have been worked out. The rudder servos have long-since been replaced with a new design (well maybe not in africa). Ideally you'd want to fly on a recently (but no too recently) built airplane whose design has been around for a long time, with a lengthy production run, and no known current issues.

The 73 qualifies, the bus does not (current issues).

Also you have to consider relative length of service and production run when comparing models...the ERJ might not look so good if the fleet had the same number of hours as the 73 fleet!

Remember the worlds safest commercial airplane, with a decades-long perfect record? The concorde went from first to worst in about 7 minutes. Turns out it had all kinds of design issues, but the low production run and low utilization meant that it took a long time for a fatal accident to result. Ultimately 7% of the fleet was lost...that's not a good number for a commercial plane. The space shuttle lost 20%...

FlyJSH

The safest plane is the one that never leaves the ground

AirWillie

Definitely the 777.

Killer51883

the safest plane is the one im flying

UnlimitedAkro

I thought of some other pointless questions that anyone with zero life might actually answer:

1- What is the coolest flight number?

2- Which pen is the most professional?

3- Which pilot is the greatest?

Get a life