On: U.S. airlines have shifted maintenance work to dev...

[gkanai]

I've noticed this- even Manila is increasingly a location for this sort of maintenance work.

I think there should be a place where we as customers can easily see where carriers we may be considering are maintaining their planes and if they have appropriate regulation and oversight for that work.

[notahacker → gkanai]

I used to sell a database that did that (to a more limited extent than you might imagine), if you have over $10k to spare...

All the facilities used by airlines have appropriate regulation. That's why their aircraft are permitted to fly.

[intopieces → gkanai]

What would consumers do with this data? It doesn't appear that this is illegal. What recourse do we have against this?

[johnchristopher → intopieces]

Voting with our feet.

[intopieces → johnchristopher]

I'm not sure many consumers have much choice on the matter. Most just go for whatever is cheapest.

[johnchristopher → intopieces]

But would they go for the cheapest if it was the most insecure and that information clearly presented when booking flights ? I believe they at least could and would balance the risks then.

Of course I agree we all have a different economic power (I, for one, have never set foot on a plane) but I have the feeling most of the HN crowd could discriminate between companies.

[JshWright → intopieces]

What data are you referring to? Why would you need to take any recourse?