"TheSmokingGnu" wrote in message
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5,000 public-use airports.
500 controlled aerodromes.

4,500 uncontrolled public-use airports.

10 mid-airs a year.
2 NMAC's a year.
6 ground collisions a year.

Just how are all those dumb-ass pilots managing to miss each other so
often without the controller's help?


I'm pretty sure all of those incidents involved pilots. How many of them
involved controllers?



Never mind that 61 accidents a year are caused by miscommunication or ATC.


How many of them are caused by ATC?

What is your source for these statistics?