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		fakedang on Oct 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cognizant found guilty of discriminating against n... > Remind me to never fly on a plane piloted by an Indian flight crew. (Protip: If you can't stand up to your captain, your plane is going down.) Not sure if you're joking, but this is actually cited as one of the reasons behind one crash. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Express_Flight_134...

bjourne on Oct 9, 2024 [–]

Same with South Korean airline crashes: https://www.salon.com/2013/07/10/cnn_asks_if_koreas_hierarch... But who knows if any of this is true or if "hierarchical cultures cause airline crashes" is just pop-sci bs.

Lammy on Oct 9, 2024 | [–]

Also KAL 801 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_801#Investig...

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