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Old 21st May 2012, 22:00
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Hartington
 
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I realised, some years ago, that I'm lucky to live in country that takes aviation safety seriously. I'm not saying the UK is perfect but it does try.

When I travel I will fly on domestic carriers and I've had some memorable flights as a result (before China split up CAAC on an IL-14 and an AeroPeru 727 into Cuzco that might have been painted in AeroPeru colours but had a Lufthansa interior down to the safety cards in German spring to mind) but I'm always aware that the risk is not the same as flying (say) on a BA aircraft. I tend to take the view that flying is safer than long distance travel by road. On my way to a country where my personal risk assessment has raised issues I will often avoid the airline that I might be flying on internally if I have a choice. If I don't the question becomes "do I really need to go?".

I'm not sure my risk assessment goes as far as "might the pilot be videoing his handiwork?".
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