Helicopter flying is safer than driving? Why is it I know a darn sight more helicopter pilots that got killed flying than I do helicopter pilots that got killed in cars or riding motorcycles? I sure know more people that drive than I do helicopter pilots....thus the greater exposure to a larger population should mean a greater rate of snuffing it behind the wheel than behind the stick....but it doesn't work that way does it? Or am I missing something again?
Lets ask the Bristow bunch for example to poll the ranks of the pilot staff....and see if they have had more than five pilots killed driving in the past ten-eleven years? Average loss rate there seems to be about one pilot every two years due to helicopter crashes......wonder how many died in car wrecks?