Mech From Brazil, joined Oct 2006, 0 posts, RR: 0 Posted (13 years 2 months 3 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 696 times:
Are the md-80 getting a bad reputation from the media because of the crash of alaska airlines? It seems they report anything that is a problem for the aircraft even if it is not the stabilizers. I would be willing to bet that there are other types of aircraft that have problems everyday that we dont hear about, maybe Im wrong? Maybe they should tone it down a bit or do they have an agenda.I always thought it was a good airplane and I still think they are but Ill bet there is a lot of people now that would not fly on them after the last month of all the reports of this aircraft. I guess thats just my thoughts. Thanks.
Seat 1a From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (13 years 2 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 662 times:
the media lives and breaths the frenzy of death and sensationalism.
we have seen reported cases after the alaska incident of AA problems on MD-80's and if it were not for the AS incident, we would never of heard about it.... especially on CNN.
you are right, they do over punctuate the problem by being a pack of wolves that cannot do anything wrong in their eyes and feed us information beyond what really should be relevent.
Panamfanatic From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (13 years 2 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 648 times:
hmmmmm, lets see, there have been forty million emergency landings with MD-80/90 aircraft since the AS incident....I think that speaks for itself. And yes an emergency landing does make the local news.
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