Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
Recently this interesting extract of an article in The New Daily by Michael Pascoe was sent to me in relation to the value of human life. Of course we all know that aviation is different and safety is more important that cost.
I too sometimes wonder why the safety of pilot's and their passengers are considered far more important than say the safety of the average car motorist? Especially considering cars are considered far more dangerous when compared to planes. If all life was truly precious we would then treat road safety just as seriously as we treat safety in aviation. That would be rational to me. However, of course it is no simple matter to deal with as there is a fine line between being commercially viable and over the top!
Maybe what we should really be asking is, how many actuaries are currently employed by CASA?