Socialism

This confusion over the disappearance of flight 370 could happen because of socialism in the modern world. A plane full of passengers is fantastically valuable to an airline, and in a free market, airlines would know everything about every flight all the time in real time. They would be in constant contact electronically. It's only because government socializes the air traffic control that a commercial jet could disappear like this.

This system is a primitive version of what I'm talking about.

"It's not clear what the indication was, but senior administration officials told ABC News the missing Malaysian flight continued to "ping" a satellite on an hourly basis after it lost contact with radar. The Boeing 777 jetliners are equipped with what is called the Airplane Health Management system in which they ping a satellite every hour. The number of pings would indicate how long the plane stayed aloft.

It's not clear, however, whether the satellite pings also indicate the plane's location."

It would be much more robust in a free market.

"Hishamuddin also dismissed a report by the Wall Street Journal that signals sent by the plane's Rolls Royce engine indicated the plane kept flying for up to five hours. He didn't dispute the plane could have kept flying, but said Rolls Royce did not receive any signals from the engine after it vanished from radar. "

The manufacturer of the plane and the engines get separate signals, but not the government carrier who is ultimately responsible for its passengers. Government can track every cell phone with GPS to withing ten feet - if you want to turn it off, you have to pull your battery out - but it can't track a giant jetliner. It's ridiculous.

GM excluded some crash deaths from investigation.

Plutocrats like Zuckerberg can just call up Obama to complain and Gates can meet with 80 Senators.