On our homepage we've been running a poll asking which manufacturer's aircraft you believe are safest out of Boeing, Airbus, Embraer and Bombardier.
For a while it ran pretty much neck and neck, then after a couple of days Embraer suddenly shot up to about 40% of people considering it the safest - and an awful lot of people voting. Hmm...
I had a quick look this morning and, surprise, surprise, found another 4,000 people had suddenly voted - taking the turnout to 11,000, about five times more votes than we've ever had before - and pushing Boeing up to roughly equal. At the time of writing we have 12,747 votes, with Embraer and Boeing running at 44% and 43% respectively. Airbus and Bombardier are at 8% and 5%.
I don't think that tells us much about safety, or even perceived safety, but it's quite illuminating about the web habits of manufacturers' staff!
you say it's quite illuminating about the web habits of manufacturer's staff, i agree BUT how come about boeing staff decide to vote the same day and almost none the day before? same for embraer.
victor ribeiro
Hey, at least the pool showed that both Embraer and Boeing staffs visit the site. Maybe you should consider to market the site a little bit more with Airbus and Bombardier staffs.
PM