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A Cirrus could still strike that wire too mate!
The age of the fleet has nothing to do with hazard minimization or identification of hazards that are not part of the aircraft...
Aren't aircraft like good wine and women, getting better with age?
Isn't the riskiest flight the one AFTER 100hrly?
Agreed but not my point. I meant that you can make rules about airbags, aircraft retrieval parachutes etc but they can't be easily retrofitted. The aviation fleet is older than our road fleet. And even on the roads there are cars without air bags, stability systems and antilock brakes.