As a passenger, you have no say in who your crew members are. Lets put on our imagination caps. This is my main concern. Let us say that the incident goes unreported. Three years goes by. The corrosion has weakened the airframe. During takeoff, the skin separates from the frame. The stretching causes a large wiring harness to break free. During turbulence, the harness stretches until it snaps. The aircraft is at cruise altitude. The wires begin to short against the center fuel tank. Smoke begins to come through the cabin floor. The crew is notified and they initiate a descent to land at the nearest airfield in Russia on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The planes combustibles ignite. The airfield is one hour away. The crew has put out a mayday call. Your daughter and grandchild are aboard the plane. It is getting very difficult to breathe. The short has opened a hole in the fuel tank. On final approach the fuel ignites and the plane explodes in a fireball, falling 3000 feet onto the shore. All onboard are killed. During the investigation, the faulty fuselage is untouched and is determined to be the cause of the structural failure. At your daughters funeral, an old lady approaches you. She is crying and explains that her husband was the Captain of a flight on that aircraft. He failed to report an accident while inflight causing a flood which most likely damaged the fuselage. He shot himself last week and he left a note detailing how your daughters death was his fault. The 2nd officer also had taken his own life the following day. This is not real, but it could be very real. This is my concern. Kind of makes you wonder. Your daughter and her child are gone. Feel like sharp shooting me now?
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