Originally Posted by
petrichor
As has been alluded to, accident reports are not the true indicator of safety. Not 1 airline publishes any information on "almost" events that were saved by crew actions!
Yes, but if you're implying that such events are not shared within the industry I would beg to differ. While things may be much different in certain countries, activities like the FAA's ASAP Infoshare conferences allow airlines, airline unions and the FAA to speak freely of their experiences, problems and solutions. And by law they are shielded from lawyers and the press.
To
not report something under ASAP is likely to bring far graver consequences than admitting someone or something screwed up and trying to figure out why. That's the whole point.
To get back on topic, though, I agree that published numbers of this type are mostly meaningless, and less so in anything that relies on advertising revenue from circulation numbers...