CNN Safety Analyst: ‘I Don’t See Anything Tying’ Recent Aviation Accidents Together

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SOUCIE: “Well, what I want to caution about, Matt, is that when we look at a short period of time in aviation, you have to understand that the litmus test here is a personal decision on your part. Do you feel safe? Now, when you’re trying to make that decision, do I feel safe flying, and I do very much so, there’s no trend, there’s nothing that ties these accidents together. So, using critical thinking, you can say for yourself, do all of these things indicate some kind of trend in aircraft accidents? And to me as an experienced investigator and being involved in aviation as a mechanic and as a safety inspector for the FAA, I’m perfectly — I feel perfectly safe doing this. I don’t see anything tying these together that says, oh, the FAA is bad or the system is a problem. There are incidents that are a problem. And so, it’s real hard to, as a flying person, I get emails all the time and calls from people that say it’s not safe, it can’t be right now, even from pilots saying what’s going on with aviation right now. And to me, I still feel safe.”