On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:36:12 +0300, g n p wrote:

Which equates to what??? a millisecond of the per annum airline traffic
without incident??? incredible safety record???
PP-ASEL, owner SX-ATB, TB-20 Trinidad

Nope, I would say it's an incredible safety record for a "non professional"
form of transportation. Professionals fly the heavy iron (I.E. Delta, SWA
and so on).

General public that are not being paid to do what they enjoy doing, such as
flying, that is what I am referring to, even though I didn't spell this out
in my original post.

Compared to driving cars, motorcycles and boats, yes, the fact that only
one or two deaths in one million flights to me is an incredible safety
record.

Naturally, the media won't pick up on that.... There are more deadly
boating, car and motorcycle accidents which sometimes kill more then a GA
crash.

You can bet, if in one day, there was a multicar crash that killed 3
people, one motorcycle accident that killed one person or a GA plane that
bought the farm, that the plane that bought the farm will get the headline
news in spite the fact the car crash killed more people.

Just my opinion anyway.

Allen