Of course it is possible, and even likely, for a private pilot to never have
a serious accident during his flying career, but we're talking relative
risks here. Mike's point is that the statistical risk of a serious accident
is much higher for a private pilot than an airline pilot, and about the same
as a motorcycle pilot. Even if you remove pilot error entirely, small GA
planes are much less reliable than airliners. They generally have less
equipment for detecting and dealing with system failures, fires, and
unexpected weather conditions.

"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
...
I don't understand what you're saying here. There are definitely pilots
out
there that have flown decades without a reportable accident. Are you
saying
that it isn't even remotely possible that an active private pilot can go
through their entire flying experience without an accident? Please
clarify.

Marco


"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
...
I think what he really meant was that there's no reason (when all is
said
and done) a private pilot can't end up with the same accident record
as
an
airline captain.

Marco Leon

That isn't even remotely true.

Mike
MU-2


"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in
message
...

If your husband is in the habit of flying low over the ground,
showing
off
and taking unnecessary risks, then flying is not very safe at all.
If
he
flies "by the book," carefully weighing the risks created by
weather,
terrain, the condition of the airplane, and his own condition at
the
time,
then he is probably as safe as any airline captain.

This is ridiculous. There is no area of GA flying that is even
remotely
comparable to airline flying in terms of safety.

Mike
MU-2