Dollysharma wrote:
Air Alpha has had significantly greater number of accidents than Aero Honduran had over the past few years. Also, Aero Honduran is cheaper than Air Alpha. However, most number of the travellers have preferred Air Alpha over Aero Honduran for their flights from Miami to Honduras during the same period.
Which of the following would, if true, most helps to explain the preference of the travellers referred to above?
A. Although the number of accidents is greater on Air Alpha, not all accidents cause serious injuries to travellers.
B. People have become highly sensitive to the cost of flying over the past few years.
C. For its flights from Miami to Honduras, the Air Alpha uses a different model of airplane, with a smaller capacity, than the model Aero Honduran uses for its flight on the same route.
D. Most Air Alpha flights, but not its flight from Miami to Honduras, use the Toncon airport, which because of its difficult runway is amongst the most dangerous airports.
E. Unlike Aero Honduran, Air Alpha has recently implemented a plan to provide insurance to travellers who get injured during an accident.
Looking forward to have a constructive discussion on this!
Thanks!
Responding to a pm:
None of the options are correct, in my opinion. Neither (D) nor (E) helps resolve the paradox.
Air Alpha is more expensive and has had more accidents. Still people prefer it over Aero Honduran. Why?
The reason has to be something about Air Alpha that works in its favor (awesome service/many flights/suitable flight timings/on time record etc) or there has to be something about Aero Honduran that people don't like.
D. Most Air Alpha flights, but not its flight from Miami to Honduras, use the Toncon airport, which because of its difficult runway is amongst the most dangerous airports.
This tells you that Air Alpha uses a dangerous airport but it doesn't tell you whether the Air Alpha accidents that happened, actually happened at the airport. Also, if they actually did happen at the airport, then Air Alpha Miami to Honduras flight may not be more dangerous than Aero Honduran flight. But there is still no reason why people may prefer it over Aero Honduran which is cheaper and safer. If anything, from the given information, people should actually prefer Aero Honduran.
E. Unlike Aero Honduran, Air Alpha has recently implemented a plan to provide insurance to travellers who get injured during an accident.
This is out of scope. We are talking about the last few years and Air Alpha has recently implemented this plan. So no need to discuss it at all.