About Those Southwest Planes: ‘Is it Really as Bad as it Sounds?’

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 03.21.08 | 11:27 AM ET

Patrick Smith offers some sober analysis of the recent Southwest scandal—and the safety of airline travel in general—in his Ask the Pilot column today.

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* Report: Southwest Airlines Flew at Least 117 ‘Unsafe’ Planes

Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor of World Hum.

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Most people think air mishaps are things that happen to people we don’t know. Unless it hits home, a bit difficult to get worked up over it.

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