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Flying is safe. No question.

And you can make it that much more safe by doing yourself a favor and avoiding the 737 MAX.

What is statistically more dangerous... 1. Flying a 737 Max on a major carrier 2. Flying a commuter plane with a regional carrier 3. Flying an Airbus with a 2nd tier international carrier

I have no idea, but I suspect they're all still orders of magnitude safer than driving.

Ethiopian is a major carrier with a previously stellar safety record.

The MAX has suffered hull losses at around 100x the rate per flight of baseline airline travel, so I suppose it's the most dangerous in your list.

This is a non-sequitur, we were not comparing the 737 MAX with driving but with other planes. It looks like other planes are an order of magnitude safer than the 737 MAX and as such potential airplane clients should avoid the 737 MAX as much as possible

As my flight anxiety will tell you, there's nothing safer than not going anywhere at all.

Actually, flying might be safer than staying at home, given that home is where the showers and pointy things are.

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