Hello EARSA,
You don't have to be in the industry very long to realise that aviation safety is almost entirely built upon such statistical analyses. Whether it's regarding the various reasons why a go-around may be initiated, or perhaps the incidence of double engine failure on a twin engine aircraft - whatever - without the intelligent collation and study of such data our ability to recognise/quantify risk would be little better than guesswork.
In the case of my company, data concerning go-arounds might identify a poor company procedure, a higher-risk airport (met, ATC, geography), or deficiencies in crew training. It might also suggest we are actually doing the right thing. All that information can be fed back to manufacturers and regulators, and the industry takes another step forward. The point is, without analysing pretty much everything, we might never know anything other than the obvious.
Last edited by Weary; 8th Jan 2014 at 14:03.