Pace
Flying a light single engine piston with a PPL is substantially more risky than flying Easyjet or Ryanair with two crew holding ATPs.
Flying a light single engine piston carries a greater risk than driving your car.
I believe its simular to riding a high powered motorbike.
I dont have the details here but I am sure someone will give you the stats
I understand what you are saying but how are you defining 'risk'? What do the stats tell you?
If the stats show that 1 motorbike journey in 100 ends in an accident, and 1 light a/c journey in 100 ends in an accident, are they equally 'risky'?
You could say yes, but then if the motorbike accidents result in death 40% of the time and the a/c accidents result in death 80% of the time, then flying appears more dangerous.
If you extrapolate it to passenger miles flown/driven, you will get yet another misleading statistic.