733Driver,
It's funny how nearly all of these sweeping "facts" start from "I have no personal experience but a close personal freind who is very high up in the CAA told me..........." Of course there are no guarantees for safe and sound ops.
From my memory the last time a flight on public transport caused a fatality in the UK was approx 10 years ago....with so many alleged corners being cut you would have thought it would be a regular occurence?
On another note, I would be really interested if anyone has an stats to support the overall assumption that a new type is safer than a 15 year old type that is fully maintained. Try and keep it to facts rather than assumptions and second hand horror stories from your close personal friends in the CAA.
Phil