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Old October 20th 05, 10:19 PM
Gary Drescher
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Default GA _is_ safer than some modes of transport. Was: Tragedy

"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message
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"Skylune" wrote in message
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What I think you all should be advocating in adjusting the statistics is
to remove acrobatic flying, which has a higher accident rate than GA and
makes GA look more dangerous than it actually is.


Oh crap I think my computer is going to explode. Skylune is right about
something. Must be a mistake on his part.

It's not like they count NASCAR accidents in the auto accident stats.


He's not right. A negligible fraction of GA flying is aerobatic, so even if
aerobatic flying has a higher accident rate, it has virtually no impact on
the overall GA rate. (Same for the impact of NASCAR accidents on overall
auto stats.)

--Gary