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Old 20th May 2008, 08:28
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Denti
 
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You guys want to run the planes to the end of the runway to squeeze some more time out of your engines..fine...but the rest of us don't...and look at our safety record....not to bad huh?
Give us some numbers. I really want to see your safety record. And no, not that of your singular outfit but that of GA in general compared to airlines in general. Are you really sure you can beat airlines?

Taken from the NTSB database,

Accident rate for 100.000 flight hours (there is no data as to departures and miles for part 135 non scheduled service)

CFR 135 non scheduled (on demand air taxi as they call it)

2005 1.70
2006 1.42
2007 1.69

CFR 121 scheduled (airline service)

2005 0.176
2006 0.139
2007 0.128

You might want to enlighten yourself on http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm.

Doesn't really look like your safety record is so outstanding compared to airlines after all, perhaps you should print out those figures and give them to your owner to read up while you do your TOGA takeoffs.
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