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lucille
Any chance you can point me in the direction of those statistics? A link perhaps. Their claim is counter intuitive.
There are many ways to quantify "experience". Suffice to say 10,000 hours staring out the window of glass cockpit airliner doesn't really count for much.
i made my comment based on reports i read while completing accident prevention and safety systems as part of a degree, most was from uni library sources,
but an ATSB report here echos those same sentiments.
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/417179...-023_final.pdf
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General Aviation pilots
The propensity for pilots of different experience levels to be involved in accidents has been
studied with a number of different pilot cohorts. In general aviation, a review of 72 accidents which
occurred in degraded visibility found no effect of total flight hours, nor years of experience,
another report .
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The Incidence of Incidents: A Nationwide Study of Flight Experience and Exposure to Accidents and..
David O'Hare & David Chalmers
Pages 1-18 | Published online: 13 Nov 2009
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Very little is known about the actual flying activity patterns of pilots in civil aviation, particularly those in the recreational and general aviation sectors. Accurate information about hours flown is required to correctly calculate accident rates and to determine the risk factors for involvement in aviation accidents. Little information currently exists about involvement in incidents (events that have the potential to result in an accident). This study involved 2 nationwide surveys mailed to approximately 8,500 active pilots in New Zealand. The 1st survey asked respondents to report recorded logbook flight-time entries to determine the actual hours flown in various aircraft and operational categories. When combined with the official accident data, the information about flight activity showed substantial differences in comparative accident rates between different categories of aircraft. These data also showed that there were no sex differences in accident involvement after controlling for exposure (flight-activity). A 2nd survey requested information about involvement in accidents and incidents. The results of the 2nd survey showed that encounters with potentially hazardous events, such as running low on fuel, were fairly common and that around a quarter of respondents had been involved in an aircraft accident or incident in the previous 3 years. Implications of the results for safety interventions are discussed.
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Impact of gender, age and experience of pilots on general aviation accidents
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General aviation (GA) accounts for more than 82% of all air transport-related accidents and air transport-related fatalities in the U.S. In this study, we conduct a series of statistical analyses to investigate the significance of a pilot's gender, age and experience in influencing the risk for pilot errors and fatalities in GA accidents. There is no evidence from the Chi-square tests and logistic regression models that support the likelihood of an accident caused by pilot error to be related to pilot gender. However, evidence is found that male pilots, those older than 60 years of age, and with more experience, are more likely to be involved in a fatal accident.