A disturbing statistic

I think what we need to do is look at what
differentiates personal flying from all other forms of GA and figure
out what makes it more dangerous, rather than looking at every other
form (they're all safer) and figure out why.

I think the answer is fairly evident: Personal flying is not done often
enough by those who do it. This impacts proficiency. Personal flying
often involves decisions which are made independent of the weather,
making the weather a complicating factor rather than a deciding factor.
And since flying is expensive, it is harder to remain proficient.
Also, people who fly for personal transportation often fly on longer
trips, which are not taken all that often. Contrast this to driving,
where trips can be as short as a mile or two, and happen all the time.

So, anything that rasies the cost of flying, or makes it more difficult
to accomplish a mission by flying, or increases the impact of weather on
flying, or discourages flying, will have a component that adversely
affects safety.

Jose
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