On Feb 8, 12:25 pm, Dylan Smith wrote:
We all die. Some of us will make a fatal error while aviating. Some of
us will spend years dying. But we all die. You have a choice: be afraid
of your own shadow and instead of living, merely waiting to die (like
many of the most risk averse in society are doing, without even
realising that they are merely waiting to die instead of living) - or
perhaps take reasonable risks and actually live.

I agree to an extent. But when you engage in risky behavior, you have
to consider other things besides your own quality of life. You also
have to consider the people who would be affected.

I would consider flying somewhat risky behavior. Not outrageously so,
but riskier than the behaviors that the average person will engage in.
So I struggle with the question of whether I should continue to fly if/
when my wife and I have children. Should one engage in unnecessary,
above average risky behavior when one has responsibilities to family -
especially young children?