Originally Posted by Tourist
Life is far safer in the UK than it used to be, and far duller.
Leaving my TA, RAF and airline employment out of the discussion:
As one who came very close to death in industry and the Merchant Navy I prefer things to be safer.
As a skier, yachtsman and scuba diver I do not feel that I have led a dull life at all.
Oh, now I remember, also nearly drowned as a child and almost had 5cwt of chain dumped on top of me when diving on a mooring.
Yet you drive a car every day without worrying about killing others or being killed
Most others also drive and are, therefore, involved.
Those killed at Shoreham were not involved.
I recollect, just as I joined my first RAF OCU, one of our aircraft crashed in Lybia killing all on board. The embarrassing part was that we, the RAF, had also killed some Army personnel who were on board and they WERE professionally involved.