Is not flying safe?

Flying is not any more unsafe than lots of other activities people
engage in during their 'leisure' time. It's just less forgiving if
you are a moron.

One of my flight students went up to a major jumping get-together up
in West Virginia last week (he is also a parachute jumper). One
guy died, and two others were injured during the "event". I asked
him tonight about it and he seemed fairly matter-of-fact about it.