Does anyone have a good line they use when somebody says "isn't flying those things dangerous?". I've heard the "safer than the drive to the airport" line, but theres gotta be some good ones out there. They don't necessarily have to be true, just something to make people think that flying these things isn't as dangerous as they originally percieved.
Most non-pilots I talk to think that if the engine quits in a helicopter, you're dead! After I educate them about how a helicopter can autorotate, I always tell them I actually feel safer in a helicopter than in fixed wing (dual rated), because when I arrive at the crash site I'll be travelling alot slower than I would be in an airplane...and I don't need a 1500 foot, straight, flat piece of land in front of me when I get there!