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A disturbing statistic
"Michael" wrote in message
oups.com... Gary Drescher wrote: What that suggests is that flying simple planes, maintaining proficiency, and having conservative standards regarding weather adds up to a fatality rate that is only slightly greater than that of driving. If that were truly the way to go, then self-flown business travel would be far more dangerous than personal flying - the planes are generally faster and more complex, and the pilots generally are under pressure to be there on time and will push weather more. But the reality is very different. So I would suggest that while maintaining proficiency may well be important (those who fly for business tend to fly much more than those who only fly for personal reasons) simple planes and conservative standards buy you little if anything. If self-flown business travel is also relatively safe, then there seem to be at least two distinct modes of flying that are safer than the GA average--instructional flying (with novice pilots but with simple planes and conservative standards) and business travel (with more advanced aircraft and more-experienced pilots). --Gary |
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