On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 17:20:47 -0800 (PST), bildan
wrote:

However, the sad statistics say that a midair is one of the least
likely ways to die in an aircraft.

Of course it's true. But a typical mid-air tends to have multiple
fatalities.
In Europe, as far as gliders are concerned, collision are related to a
considerable part of fatalities, somewhere in the region one
third/fifth of the total death toll we pay.

Aldo Cernezzi