I'm tired of hearing how "dangerous" flying is...
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:17:03 -0700, Ron Garret
wrote:
It's very hard to do an apples-to-apples risk comparison among two
different activities. What do you comapre? Deaths per year? Per
vehicle hour? Per passenger mile? Do you count the "avoidable" deaths
where someone just did something stupid (like take off without enough
fuel or jump off a bridge)?
Depends on what you're comparing. If you're trying to convince your
relatives about flying safety vs., say, motorcycle riding, deaths per
flight (riding) hour is appropriate, or perhaps per mile. If you're
an insurance company figuring rates, deaths per year for pilots vs.
deaths per year for the general population is appropriate.
Hell, for all I know it may be that flying itself is very safe, but
pilots are 400% more likely to die from falling, or having sex, or
whatever else we've discussed. I don't really believe that, of
course, but if it were true then pilots would still, from an insurance
company's standpoint, be a greater risk.
-Dana
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