Flight Safety

Last year in America, 1307 people died by falling off a ladder, while
only 733 died in plane crashes.

(Source: http://www.nationmaster.com/red/coun...ed-states/mor-
mortality&all=1)

The message here is clear -- we need to fly more, and pay someone else
to paint the house...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 2007-02-04, Jay Honeck wrote:
Last year in America, 1307 people died by falling off a ladder, while
only 733 died in plane crashes.

(Source: http://www.nationmaster.com/red/coun...ed-states/mor-
mortality&all=1)

The message here is clear -- we need to fly more, and pay someone else
to paint the house...


On the other hand only one died from being bitten by a rat. I hope the
message is not uhm... no.. I don't even want to think about it...

It is safer to a soldier in Iraq than a citizen in
Washington, DC [if the email I got the other day is
correct].



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
| Last year in America, 1307 people died by falling off a
ladder, while
| only 733 died in plane crashes.
|
| (Source:
http://www.nationmaster.com/red/coun...ed-states/mor-
| mortality&all=1)
|
| The message here is clear -- we need to fly more, and pay
someone else
| to paint the house...
|
| ;-)
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|

Jim Macklin wrote:
It is safer to a soldier in Iraq than a citizen in
Washington, DC [if the email I got the other day is
correct].

It's a total fabrication and completely wrong.

We've had about 1000 deaths per year over about
160,000 troops in Iraq. DC runs about 260 murders
over 600,000 citizens per year. Even if you throw
in auto fatalites, it doesn't get much over 300.

Do you mean that email on the Internet isn't always reliable
sources of information?


I would presume that New Orleans is more dangerous now, than
DC. But Renfrow, OK is probably safer, even on a per capita
basis if you don't could natural deaths from old age.



"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| It is safer to a soldier in Iraq than a citizen in
| Washington, DC [if the email I got the other day is
| correct].
|
| It's a total fabrication and completely wrong.
|
| We've had about 1000 deaths per year over about
| 160,000 troops in Iraq. DC runs about 260 murders
| over 600,000 citizens per year. Even if you throw
| in auto fatalites, it doesn't get much over 300.

Jay Honeck writes:

Last year in America, 1307 people died by falling off a ladder, while
only 733 died in plane crashes.

How many people used ladders, and how many flew in aircraft? More
specifically, how many used ladders and how many died, and how many
flew in GA aircraft and how many died.

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"Mxsmanic" wrote

How many people used ladders, and how many flew in aircraft? More
specifically, how many used ladders and how many died, and how many
flew in GA aircraft and how many died.

More importantly, if you have rats in your hangar and you use a ladder to
get into your airplane, you're pretty much a goner!

BDS

"BDS" wrote in message
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"Mxsmanic" wrote

How many people used ladders, and how many flew in aircraft? More
specifically, how many used ladders and how many died, and how many
flew in GA aircraft and how many died.

More importantly, if you have rats in your hangar and you use a ladder to
get into your airplane, you're pretty much a goner!

BDS




Flatulence and related conditions: 5 deaths

It's been a long time since I studied the stats, but I seem to recall
GA on a per mile basis was safer than a motorcycle, less safe than a
car. (GA accidents divided by GA miles flown, vs motorcycle accidents
divided by motocycle miles, and so forth).


When you removed the real bone headed accidents from the GA inventory,
like driving wile drunk or flying into IMC without proper skills,
thinks like that, it got to be about as safe as driving. Knowing
something about statistics and improbable events, it's a risk I was
happy to take.

It was a lot of years ago, but my own insurance carrier (Northwest
Mutual) did not ask for an additional premium because I was a pilot.
That's what improbable events are all about -- a typical GA pilot
might fly 100 hours a year -- say at 120 miles an hour -- so that's
12000 miles. He probably drives twice that (GA pilots do travel more
than most people) so the driving risk of accident is probably greater
than the flying risk.

I don't know what the risks are in playing with a flight sim, but we
have some evidence it makes some seemingly intellegent people become
difficult socially. It makes me wonder, does the frame rate flicker of
the sim induce some mental disorders?









On Feb 3, 11:48 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Last year in America, 1307 people died by falling off a ladder, while
only 733 died in plane crashes.

(Source:http://www.nationmaster.com/red/coun...ed-states/mor-
mortality&all=1)

The message here is clear -- we need to fly more, and pay someone else
to paint the house...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Now, now, Tony...
"Tony" wrote in message
ups.com...
It's been a long time since I studied the stats, but I seem to recall
GA on a per mile basis was safer than a motorcycle, less safe than a
car. (GA accidents divided by GA miles flown, vs motorcycle accidents
divided by motocycle miles, and so forth).


When you removed the real bone headed accidents from the GA inventory,
like driving wile drunk or flying into IMC without proper skills,
thinks like that, it got to be about as safe as driving. Knowing
something about statistics and improbable events, it's a risk I was
happy to take.

It was a lot of years ago, but my own insurance carrier (Northwest
Mutual) did not ask for an additional premium because I was a pilot.
That's what improbable events are all about -- a typical GA pilot
might fly 100 hours a year -- say at 120 miles an hour -- so that's
12000 miles. He probably drives twice that (GA pilots do travel more
than most people) so the driving risk of accident is probably greater
than the flying risk.

I don't know what the risks are in playing with a flight sim, but we
have some evidence it makes some seemingly intellegent people become
difficult socially. It makes me wonder, does the frame rate flicker of
the sim induce some mental disorders?









On Feb 3, 11:48 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Last year in America, 1307 people died by falling off a ladder, while
only 733 died in plane crashes.

(Source:http://www.nationmaster.com/red/coun...ed-states/mor-
mortality&all=1)

The message here is clear -- we need to fly more, and pay someone else
to paint the house...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"