GA _is_ safer than some modes of transport. Was: Tragedy
When motorcyclists and private pilots (and bicycle riders too) decide to
conjugate pleasure with necessity, and use their vehicle to get where they're
going, they impose "get there" pressures that increase risk. They ride or fly
in conditions that would normally have kept them grounded.
Which is why business flying (not the kind with a professional crew,
but the kind where someone flies himself to a meeting or some such) is
so much more dangerous than private, recreational flying.
There's only one problem with this statement - the statistics (google
Nall Report) show exactly the opposite is true.
Michael
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