# Does plane travel need to be this safe?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 11, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-plane-travel-need-to-be-this-safe/808651 "2018-02-11T22:13:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-plane-travel-need-to-be-this-safe/808651/34 "2018-02-12T03:52:05Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> I was thinking of airliners since that’s what the OP was talking about.  
> It was even publicized(and Trump tried to take credit for) that there have been no airline fatalities in several years.

Well, air safety is heavily managed by the federal government through the FAA, NTSB, industrial regulations, and who knows what else, so it’s quite fair for the head of the federal government to take credit for it.

Of course, he didn’t do anything and the trend predates him by a LOT, but just not breaking stuff is an accomplishment of sorts. I’d rather see a President take credit for something the government does control(air safety) rather than something it doesn’t(gas prices, the economy).

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