Wednesday, October 3, 2012

There's Always Something Wrong.

     I was looking around the Internet for the later news regarding anything similar to transportation. I came across this; I found an article describing some of the many problems the American Airlines have. In this case, just after takeoff, three seats in a plane came loose from the floor. Of course given the danger this may prove to be.
     Personally, I think airlines are just faulted in general. There seems to always be something wrong.  When I was small, I remember always looking forward to our yearly flight to California, where we have family. I love the feeling of taking off in a plane. Speeding up, hearing the roar of the engines, then being thrust up into the air as if we were only a giant's toy plane. Occasionally, something would happen; some luggage would fall out and hit someone. I always thought it was funny though it never happened to me. many times, these accidents are at the fault of stupid passengers, or just random accidents caused by nobody in particular. What should be addressed though, are the faults of the airliners, the planes and their systems, themselves. For example, everyone hates the airport security. It's long, boring, a bit inappropriate at times, and its just plain unnecessary. People gripe about security issues day in and day out, however if we had a better airline system itself, the security wouldn't be as important. I know a lot of people that love air travel, but sadly, they've grown tired of how annoying it can be and have decided not to fly at all.
      In this case, the faulty seat problem could have been at the fault of anybody, or nobody at all. As a fix of seat malfunctions and many other potential problems, it would be simple to do a weekly full maintenance check, including even the seat locks. My only question is this: what is next? What will the next problem be? Will the engines tragically malfunction because a bit of air in the fuel line? If it is a major flaw, hopefully I'm not on that jet. Maybe someday our airline system will be utopian, perfect, but for now, it's pretty bad.




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