IFR Flight Twice as Deadly as VFR?
In article . com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:
This seems to be the bottom line: A slight increase in risk over
regular flying is one thing; a 100% increase in fatalities is
something different. Is it worth it?
I still think you are misusing the statistics by not keeping them
in perspective.
In any case. If you are concerned about relative risks, I think
we can agree that the airlines have a much better safety record
than small GA. But so what? Safe enough is safe enough.
If the probability of being hit by lightning was, say, 0.00000001
and the probability of being killed by a tornado was, say 0.00000004,
would you care about the difference?
--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)
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