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That's the exact article I was thinking of when I posted. Smaller repair stations and FBOs are much safer than larger commercial airlines. Every single one of the mechanics I work with are A&P certified, and if we have to send any of our aircraft out for service we do a rigorous audit before letting them touch our planes. Most private FBO's and private repair stations are similar. I don't trust large airlines.
I fly a Piper Malibu - and I could not agree with you more! When my aircraft is in for its 100 hr or the annual - the aircraft is gone over with a fine tooth comb - and if an item is deficient - it gets fixed. Period. No question.
With one thing after the other going wrong with aircrafts anymore I have flown less and less. But when a hole opens up in the roof of a plane that's enough for me. I love to travel but until the FAA gets their #$% act together and starts doing honest to gosh real inspections on each and every plane and taking those not safe for travel off the grid I am not flying anymore. I hate it that one of my kids must fly a lot because the Army says so. This is getting downright scary.
It's about the lack of control you have when flying.
and the illusion of control you have when you're driving.
so you'd rather have personal control of something, and be more likely to die doing it, then have less control, but have it be safer?
sounds like a mental issue, more than a physical safety issue.
But there's a greater chance of surviving an accident on the ground versus thousands of feet in the air...not to mention, having more control (can stop anytime, etc.).
But that doesn't matter. The fact is, your more likely to die or be injured driving your car then flying. No matter how good of a driver you are. That's it.
A quick google search and:
Are Airplanes Safe?
Cars have .94 deaths per 100 million miles traveled, while trains have .04 deaths and planes and buses each came out the same with .01 deaths per 100 million miles traveled.
Motor vehicle fatalities are the leading cause of death for people between ages 1-29, and the rate is particularly high between the ages of 15-24. A 16-year-old has 3 times the crash risk of an 18-year-old and 7 times the crash risk of a 25-year-old.
The leading cause! Why aren't you decrying the lack of safety due to cars on our population?
Humans aren't very good at risk perception. Rare catostraphic events such as airplane crashes are totally over-estimated versus themore common causes of death, injury, and disease.
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If you're worried for your safety so much, then you should stop driving too. It's far more dangerous than flying.
Deadly auto accidents are so commonplace that it is no longer newsworthy to report on them all. Instead the media sensationalize every airplane and train accident even thought they are far safer than sharing the road with all those idiots who gab or text on their cell phones and/or drive while intoxicated.
Deadly auto accidents are so commonplace that it is no longer newsworthy to report on them all. Instead the media sensationalize every airplane and train accident even thought they are far safer than sharing the road with all those idiots who gab or text on their cell phones and/or drive while intoxicated.
auto injuries, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, cancer, suicide, respiratory disease, diabetes, alzheimers.
man, that stuff is boring. the real problem is those few people who die every year from airplanes!
auto injuries, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, cancer, suicide, respiratory disease, diabetes, alzheimers.
man, that stuff is boring. the real problem is those few people who die every year from airplanes!
Oh great. Now you have me afraid of everything.
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