"This is something we often say to calm nervous fliers, but it's actually not entirely correct. Yes, it's correct for airline travel, but for GA aircraft it's not. Flying/riding in GA planes has about the same statistics of injury as riding a motorcycle, i.e. considerably higher than riding in a car. Not that we want to scare people unnecessarily, but we should also not be disingenuous with this info"
Yes, but the machine itself is not dangerous. It only becomes dangerous, to a degree, when a human interfaces with it. The majority of motorcycle accidents are caused by careless car drivers. The majority of GA crashes are caused by neglect. That neglect comes in a variety of formats, attitude, carelessness, poor training, poor maintenance, poor understanding, bravado. The point of course it is all driven by the individual. Sure **** happens, and it is fate to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. But that is life, is it not?
Anything can be dangerous - roll up to a bank, point a gun at the teller - living life a bit dangerously????The majority go in with their cash card and are perfectly safe. (pre 2008
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