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Old 24th May 2008, 19:49
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barit1
 
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Well Barit, as someone mentioned, the perfectly safe flight is one that never took off.
Yeah, but then you have to contend with terrestrial hazards.

As I said many times, there is NO SUCH THING as "safe"! Safety is a variable that can only be measured in specific units (events per 1,000,000 trips, e.g.). And on this basis, you'd be hard-pressed to beat most airlines.

(Out here in flyover country, we had a support pylon under an Interstate overpass demolished by a RR locomotive, being towed on a trailer by a long-haul trucker. What are the odds of THAT? )

BTW, my name has three syllables.
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