"Sport Pilot" wrote in news:1119036176.775030.215500
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Skywise wrote:
Peter wrote in news:GZudnWpDVupzlCzfRVn-
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http://www.magma.ca/~ocbc/comparat.html
Interesting. Thank you for the link.
Assuming the information is correct, then apparently what
I was hearing about was in regard to airliner service only.
Hmmm...so riding my Harley on the streets of the LA is
supposed to be nearly twice as safe as GA? For some reason
I have difficulty with that assessment, but they're the
experts.
I know I'd certainly FEEL much safer in a small plane with me
at the controls (when I get properly trained of course).
Brian
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Years ago, I think it was Aviation Consumer or something like that, had
VFR flying as being only somewhat less safe than an automobile, but IFR
flying was much worse than a motorcycle. I would guess that that a
large GA jet would be an exception to that.
All this brings up a question.
Is it easier to get a pilots license than a drivers license?
I'm talking purely from the POV of being able to pass the test.
All else being equal.
Or put another way, is it easier for stupid idiots to get into
an airplane?
My thinking is that flying is safer because of the training,
training that is not given in cars. It seems to me that people
get their drivers licenses WAAAAY too easily. I would hope it's
much harder to qualify for a pilots license. If it is, from
that POV would it not be safer to fly than to drive? That is,
a pilot is much more qualified to fly than a driver is qualified
to drive?
Of course there can still be more problems driving simply due
to the numbers of cars on the road. The more encounters there
are, the greater chance of a problem.
Also, flying can have lots of problems because the vehicle
is more complex, there's more variables to go wrong.
Brian
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