so during the Mangalore flight landing attempt, the first officer asked to divert to another airport (twice) but the captain refused. doesn't that show the lack of safety concern for captain or lack of repercussions if they made it safely? i bet the first officer would be laughed at if they landed safely and s/he wouldn't even bother complaining about it.
if they don't have the space to install the arresting mechanism, how about installing them and limit the size of the aircraft that land at that airport (if expanding the runway is out of question). i mean any nation that care about human lives would do that.
> Of course, it's also important to avoid criticizing poor people for being poor. What were the alternatives? It would be much safer for each kid to be in their own family SUV, as is common in the US, but this increase in child safety is due to increased wealth, not increased virtue.
the alternative would be to find another rickshaw driver who limits the number of kids to 5. sure, it will be expensive but human lives should have more value than a 100-200Rs/month savings.
