"Jose" wrote in message
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I think I agree that pilots are not in general better drivers than non
pilots, but I have no data to back this up. However, your reasoning is
not compelling.

Whatever. My point is not to enter the quagmire of trying to compare
accident statistics. That's obviously a hopeless cause. If pilots were
truly above-average, then the difference in safety would be dramatic and
positive for pilots.

Regardless of what you think about the various parameters, it's clear that
pilots are not significantly enough above average to produce a tangible
difference in accident statistics. The only areas in which aviation is
demonstrably safer is in areas where regulations make it so.

Left to their own devices, pilots do just as many dumb things as anyone
else.

In any case, I have no need to use the argument to which you object as
"proof". It's simply a conversational observation, and you're mistaken to
try to make it more than that. The real "proof" (such as it is) that pilots
aren't better drivers can be seen in their behavior as drivers. I witness
just as much bad driving on the part of pilots as I do on the part of the
average population.

If you want some conclusive, analytical evidence, you're in the wrong
thread.

Pete