Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
So presumably you fly in aircraft in which it is not possible for you or any of your passengers to be fatally injured?
I don’t understand what you mean by that presumption /question.
I fly an aircraft type that has an exceptionally good record for occupant protection. In fact, short of normal/high speed CFIT events, the number of deaths in said aircraft type could be counted on less than one hand, despite it being a common type. (Insert stats here, say the peanuts)
I chose that aircraft type deliberately for that reason.
I can see the day when aircraft are given ancap style ratings and airbags like in a Cirrus become standard equipment. Even the A330 has airbags on selected seats seatbelts.
75% of fatalities in motor vehicles in Victoria last year, were in vehicles 10 years or older. The average age of vehicles in Australia is circa 10.2 years. 25% of fatalities in Victoria this year were persons not wearing seat belts. That figure could be a lot higher as many were undetermined.
Safety features do actually save lives!