Originally Posted by
cessnapete
... How can Mr Thomas website pronounce QF the safest in the World? For example QF total airframes and operational sectors are miniscule compared with say Ryanair in Europe with over 400 aircraft operating safely to many lesser equipped Regional airports. EASA training and crew regulation are equal to CASA. And Ryanair haven’t had a fatal in jet operation either, one of the seeming qualifications for his top spot.
Ryanair aren't IATA IOSA certified so that leaves them comparatively worse off on most ratings systems against airlines that are on the IOSA register.