Is aviation getting more dangerous? Anyone in the field know? We've had multiple crashes this year when we had gone multiple years without a fatal crash in the 2010s.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not in the field, but I think it depends. It's for sure more dangerous on average if we consider the entire world, but I feel like that's mostly because of certain areas (US w/ toothless FAA and ATC shortage, Russia with the war&part shortages etc, ...) and new Boeing aircraft.

Flying is still the safest mode of travel per km, and if you're flying Airbus/Embraer/COMAC/pre-2010 Boeing it's likely as safe as it was a decade ago. However it kinda sucks due to all the greenhouse gas emissions.