To go back to the original question...
I suspect that flying is as safe or as dangerous as any other fairly high risk activity. I used to know a really keen rock climber, and he always seemed to be talking of his friends, then saying they'd died while climbing. When I queried it he said there weren't that many, but certainly....some. You'll find something similar if you talk to keen horseriders, not those whose mounts walk them gently in the local countryside, but showjumpers, hunters etc. Skiing - a bit the same way I think.
Life is a dangerous business...unless you spend it all safely tucked up at home by the TV. But wait, don't most people die in their own homes?
