Safety of GA flying

Judah wrote:

There are many vehicles available for ground transportation. Which is
safer? A car, a bus, a motorcycle? Perhaps you'll find similar results as
comparing Airlines, GA, and Ultralights...

Airliners aren't just flying a plane. The airliners typically follow
specific policies for dealing with numerous situations that a single pilot
may not think of. They have crews with thousands of hours, and the crews
are professionals - they fly almost every day. Much like bus and truck
drivers have additional ratings on their drivers licenses, and typically
have more training and experience, resulting in safer operations. And they
drive 8 hours a day for a living, instead of commuting an hour back and
forth to work each day.



I've seen lots of stats comparing GA to the Airlines and GA to cars,
but I'm curious (for comparison's sake) to see the accident rates for
private vehicles to commercial. I would think that there would be a
corresponding difference.

Mike

"cwby-flyer" wrote in news:1155913355.395709.310640
@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

I've seen lots of stats comparing GA to the Airlines and GA to cars,
but I'm curious (for comparison's sake) to see the accident rates for
private vehicles to commercial. I would think that there would be a
corresponding difference.

As would I...