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I think the natural log scale imparts a bias to the "The rich are different" chart. Most countries are in the "rich" blob there, and there are very few outlier
by microcolonel 11y ago
I think the natural log scale imparts a bias to the "The rich are different" chart.
Most countries are in the "rich" blob there, and there are very few outliers.
There are also extremely rich outliers with (comparatively) large numbers of airfare deaths.
As noted by another commeter, Indonesia receives tremendous amounts of rainfall, with well-documented consequences for aircraft and flights.
All-told, I think the way the data are presented in this article is not suitable for making conclusive statements like "it's dangerous to fly in $PLACE".
- cpncrunch 11y agoI'm not sure if being rich has anything to do with it. I think it probably has more to do with the type of flying. Even though they talk about "airlines", the stats are really just for "scheduled air services" as far as I can tell. Indonesia has a huge number of scheduled air taxi services compared to countries like the USA, Canada or Europe. So it would be more fair to compare the stats with the air taxi operators in rich countries, which have a much poorer safety record. There's a big difference between landing a two-crew 737 on a 2 mile runway with a Cat III ILS and SOPs, and a 250 hour wonder landing a bush plane on the side of a mountain. Look up "worst place to be a pilot" on youtube.
- abandonliberty 11y agoYes, I find that data very unconvincing. I'd love to see some statistical tools identify how much GDP explains the crash variation.