Viastra,. .. .I commend your valiant effort to try to enlighten us with your so-called exposed accident rate by the western world. But if you are going to put facts on the board, then at least be fair about it. Sure if we combined all the accdents over the years over the western world, then surely, KAL's accident rate would be miniscule by comparison.. .. .However you failed to evaluate the "per capita" numerical value into the equation. Look at the link below.. .. .<a href="http://www.airdisaster.com/statistics/" target="_blank">http://www.airdisaster.com/statistics/</a>. .. .This will give you stats on the number of fatalities of an air carrier. With all the major US carriers combined, it does comes close to KAL's statistics, but AA, CO, DL, NW, & UA combined have 72 million flights vs. KAL's 1.3 million. . .. .So your "lawyer" style of revealing half the truth to your benefit is somewhat skewed.. .. .However, KAL's problems seem to be magified due to the high exposure of expats. CAL recently took off a taxiway, hardly a feat of competence when there were 3 pilots in the deck. Certainly there are problems that needs fixing, but to what avail ? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" /> . .. .But in the meantime, it is sure fun to have a pint/yard and talk about it in the bar. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />