Nevertheless, I believe you are making a grave error in attempting to
reassure yourself that you are beating the odds. Private GA flying is
dangerous; more dangerous than driving by two orders of magnitude, according
to the NTSB statistics you posted. That disparity is so huge I don't see
how you can convince yourself that you can reduce it to equality in your own
flying. If you do manage to believe this you are living in a dream world, a
dangerous place for a pilot.

I never said ANYTHING about wanting to reduce my risk to that of
driving. In fact, I am already more than satisifed that flying is as
safe as I can make it, and worth the risk. I wouldn't commit aviation
over 100 times per year if I thought it weren't worth the risks.

But I would like to extract, if possible, all the stupid stuff that I
don't, won't or can't do from the accident statistics. Unfortunately,
there appears to be no way to do that.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"