Originally Posted by
aa777888
Let's say it's 58 deaths, because the media will always go for the bigger, scarier number when digging up stat's and there are more deaths than accidents. Let's further assume the US only accounts for 30% of the relevant fleet hours. If you normalize the US contribution of deaths to 100% of the fleet hours, the US is contributing deaths at a rate of less than 1/3 that of the rest of the world.
I'm not sure where you are getting your data.
NTSB database shows 6 US fatal accidents for 26 foreign (19%/81%).
You have to also take into account RHC popular markets like the Aus and Africa where mustering and game work is popular and high risk.
Number of incidents on their own is meaningless unless you can correlate the data to the number of departures, hours flown, type of operation amongst others.
The conclusion you are trying to draw lacks substance imho.
incidentally the US, back in 2015, supposedly accounted for 35% of the global civil fleet (all types).