Would you fly this one?

"Steve R" wrote in message
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I'm glad you're able to place such a solid figure on the worth of your
life! I'm not sure I could do that. A million bucks isn't going to mean
much to me if I wind up in the consistancy of thin sliced bologna! ;-)

Assuming you're a pilot, you risk your life every time you go flying.
Unless someone is paying you, you are even paying for the privilege of
risking your life. How much will that negative payment mean to you if you
wind killed by your flying?

So you see, it's not really a question of putting a figure on the worth of
one's life, but of balancing the risk and the reward. I wouldn't fly any
contraption if I thought that my death was assured. But many contraptions
are not quite as safe as staying standing on the ground, while still being
enjoyable to operate. As the risk goes up, so too does the payment I'd
require in order to get me to demonstrate that operation.

At some point, obviously no payment is sufficient, but I don't see anything
about this particular aircraft to suggest that the death of the operator is
in any way a likely outcome, assuming one takes the proper precautions.

In this particular case, we have a photograph of a person who is actually
operating the aircraft, and who presumably wasn't killed during that
operation. Likewise, with proper preparation I'd expect to be able to
operate the aircraft in a manner safe enough to warrant taking the risk, in
return for the enjoyment of flying it along with the cash payment.

I'd guess that this particular aircraft is no more dangerous than, say, the
Space Shuttle. And you wouldn't even need to pay me a million bucks to get
me on the Space Shuttle. Obviously, there's more to the analysis than just
how likely the craft is to get you killed.

That said, no one's ponied up the million bucks, so it appears the whole
discussion was moot.

Pete