Meteor Accident Statistics
One probable explanation for what seems to have been a pretty relaxed acceptance by the Service of these horrific accident rates is that most/many of the instructers were ex-wartime, as were virtually all of the supervisers, and the wartime accident rates were equally horrific. John Blakely may have the stats, but I seem to recall figures showing that almost half of all a/c and aircrew casualyies during the war were accidental ones. So, as far as the Service was concerned, with the war only five or six years behind it, what had changed?