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A Lieberman wrote:
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:34:16 GMT, .Blueskies. wrote: mo http://www.eaa.org/communications/ea...6_ye_loss.html Sadly, the media won't pick up on the following paragraph taken from the above web page: The accident marks the first fatalities among the approximately 1,200,000 Young Eagles whom EAA members have flown since EAA launched the program in 1992. This to me shows an incredible safety record of general aviation. Allen Yes, but unfortunately, as you say, the media won't mention that and the public will still view Young Eagles as a dangerous program now. Matt |
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Jose wrote:
I fly Young Eagles through 2 different clubs. Prior to this accident we had been discussing changing our rules to prohibit 2 kids from the same family to fly in the same plane. We should all look at this. Loss to the family, liability - let's split them up - everyone wins! The alternative is losses to two families. Is this better? I don't think there is a better in this situation. Matt |
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:36:12 +0300, g n p wrote:
Which equates to what??? a millisecond of the per annum airline traffic without incident??? incredible safety record??? PP-ASEL, owner SX-ATB, TB-20 Trinidad Nope, I would say it's an incredible safety record for a "non professional" form of transportation. Professionals fly the heavy iron (I.E. Delta, SWA and so on). General public that are not being paid to do what they enjoy doing, such as flying, that is what I am referring to, even though I didn't spell this out in my original post. Compared to driving cars, motorcycles and boats, yes, the fact that only one or two deaths in one million flights to me is an incredible safety record. Naturally, the media won't pick up on that.... There are more deadly boating, car and motorcycle accidents which sometimes kill more then a GA crash. You can bet, if in one day, there was a multicar crash that killed 3 people, one motorcycle accident that killed one person or a GA plane that bought the farm, that the plane that bought the farm will get the headline news in spite the fact the car crash killed more people. Just my opinion anyway. Allen |
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Paul Stuart wrote:
From what I recall the accident in Colorado some years back involved a young person that had got involved with his local EAA Chapter, and was being rewarded with a flight after helping out at a Young Eagles event - but it was not technically a Young Eagles flight i.e. the flight wouldn't have been recorded in the Young Eagles logbook had it ended safely. Why wouldn't it? The only requirement is the kid be be within the right ages and the pilot be an EAA member. You can issue the certificate and forward the info to the EAA for the logbook and your YE pilot credits. |
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"A Lieberman" wrote in message
... Compared to driving cars, motorcycles and boats, yes, the fact that only one or two deaths in one million flights to me is an incredible safety record. Your impression is not borne out by the available statistics. Two fatalities out of a million half-hour flights is indeed three or four times lower than the GA average, but still higher than the hourly fatality rate for automobiles. (There have been many threads here that adduced data to show that the hourly GA fatality rate is about an order of magnitude higher than the automobile fatality rate.) Also, despite the lack of precedent alleged by the EAA, one other apparent Young Eagle fatality has already been pointed out here from the NTSB database, so it's not entirely clear what their safety record really is. You can bet, if in one day, there was a multicar crash that killed 3 people, one motorcycle accident that killed one person or a GA plane that bought the farm, that the plane that bought the farm will get the headline news in spite the fact the car crash killed more people. You can bet that, but again you'd be at odds with readily available facts. For example, if you look at today's online Olympian front page, you'll see that a fatal bus crash (five dead, including one child) is listed among the "Top Stories", whereas the Young Eagles crash we've been discussing (three dead, including two children) is listed less prominently. http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage --Gary |
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:59:01 -0400, Gary Drescher wrote:
You can bet that, but again you'd be at odds with readily available facts. For example, if you look at today's online Olympian front page, you'll see that a fatal bus crash (five dead, including one child) is listed among the "Top Stories", whereas the Young Eagles crash we've been discussing (three dead, including two children) is listed less prominently. http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage Can't argue with proof *smile*. Looks to me the Olympian paper is a fair reporting paper and not a sensationalist Thanks Gary! Allen |
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"A Lieberman" wrote in message
... On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:59:01 -0400, Gary Drescher wrote: For example, if you look at today's online Olympian front page, you'll see that a fatal bus crash (five dead, including one child) is listed among the "Top Stories", whereas the Young Eagles crash we've been discussing (three dead, including two children) is listed less prominently. http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage Can't argue with proof *smile*. Looks to me the Olympian paper is a fair reporting paper and not a sensationalist Thanks Gary! No problem. (The Olympian might still be sensationalist--just without an apparent preference for plane crashes over car crashes. ) --Gary Allen |
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Matt Whiting wrote:
A Lieberman wrote: On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:34:16 GMT, .Blueskies. wrote: mo http://www.eaa.org/communications/ea...6_ye_loss.html Sadly, the media won't pick up on the following paragraph taken from the above web page: The accident marks the first fatalities among the approximately 1,200,000 Young Eagles whom EAA members have flown since EAA launched the program in 1992. This to me shows an incredible safety record of general aviation. Allen Yes, but unfortunately, as you say, the media won't mention that and the public will still view Young Eagles as a dangerous program now. Matt Forget the public, my school system won't even let me MENTION the YE program. I had arranged YE flights for 56 students in our high school aerospace program when the teacher of that program was informed that he was NOT going to take those kids flying and if he did and if anything happened they would hang him out to dry, personally! Margy |
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The alternative is losses to two families. Is this better?
Jose I believe so - speaking from the position of someone who has already lost a child. Tony -- Tony Roberts PP-ASEL VFR OTT Night Cessna 172H C-GICE |
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The alternative is losses to two families. Is this better?
I believe so - speaking from the position of someone who has already lost a child. I am truly sorry about your loss. True, you might have lost two. But you might have also lost none. That is the tradeoff for the other family. Jose -- Money: what you need when you run out of brains. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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