The truth about air travel safety statistics
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The truth about air travel safety statistics
This article, from a reputable news source, puts its finger on the reason I feel slightly uneasy when reading the earnest reassurances from the aviation professionals here who are kind enough to reply to the various fear-of-flying posts:
142 Plane Crash Victims Were Statistically More Likely To Have Died In A Car Crash
And it made me laugh.
142 Plane Crash Victims Were Statistically More Likely To Have Died In A Car Crash
And it made me laugh.
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Yes, this is a kite being flown BUT to try and answer the point:
It's statistics! Yes,these [imaginary] folks were statistical more likely to die in car prangs - but they didn't. Until an event happens, the statistics cannot be set of THEM individually.
My grandfather's died at 45 (V2 bomb) and 60 (lung cancer after gas in WWI and smoking)
My own father died at 78 (congestive heart failure)
So, the first two are unnatural and will not affect my personal statistic of dying - although they will affect the overall statistics of males in the 20th century.
My father's death WILL have a statistical effect on my own life/death but until my death has taken place - we will not know.
Time to put the kettle on and find a packet of biscuits.
It's statistics! Yes,these [imaginary] folks were statistical more likely to die in car prangs - but they didn't. Until an event happens, the statistics cannot be set of THEM individually.
My grandfather's died at 45 (V2 bomb) and 60 (lung cancer after gas in WWI and smoking)
My own father died at 78 (congestive heart failure)
So, the first two are unnatural and will not affect my personal statistic of dying - although they will affect the overall statistics of males in the 20th century.
My father's death WILL have a statistical effect on my own life/death but until my death has taken place - we will not know.
Time to put the kettle on and find a packet of biscuits.
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No crash!
I love the Onion but it's forte is in satire- Their cover story today is "Obama makes it through another day of resisting urge to launch all US nuclear missiles at once." It often makes for a thought provoking read but is not to be taken too seriously
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If it makes you feel any better, rest assured that we in the pointy end of the flying-thing are always the first to arrive at the scene of the accident; and therefore have the highest incentive to avoid such undesirable outcomes.
on the reason I feel slightly uneasy when reading the earnest reassurances from the aviation professionals here who are kind enough to reply to the various fear-of-flying posts:
Having actually made up a story here that a well-known airline has had a huge fatal accident, which is a complete invention, I will be amazed if the United lawyers are not onto them in an instant. Quite libellous.
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If it makes you feel any better, rest assured that we in the pointy end of the flying-thing are always the first to arrive at the scene of the accident; and therefore have the highest incentive to avoid such undesirable outcomes.
