And of course this is the big problem with statistics in that they can be presented and manipulated to give credence to an argument/discussion. I remember Reading not long ago that the general long term 'trend' in GA accidents was stable. i.e static at a level. This could be perceived as 'the acceptable level, although that term relevent to safety is not a good one. A bit like drunk driving, where regardless of initiatives, there will always be a base level that will be difficult to break. On reading about that trend u was concerned that it would appear despite advances in design, glass cockpit technology, the accident rate did not diminish. Statistically one would have thought that it might.