The population was well trained after being drafted, some war ended (idr history that well) and we had a fat surplus of pilots, eventually they increased the hours needed for training, etc. to bring those numbers down, and up until recentlly, we apparently had a shortage, according to google.
Comment on YSK that americans can now deduce private jet expenses from their taxes
jj4211@lemmy.world 1 month agoWas never going to happen. The most efficient plane uses way more fuel than even a “gas guzzler”. The common driver is dangerous enough with a land vehicle between mistakes operating and slack maintenance, imagine if that population were all flying around.
dil@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
dil@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I was more thinking taxi/uber, rather than the general population flying themselves lol, and car crashes are very common