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SF founder of Imbee web site for kids killed with son in jet crash
- imsteve 19y agoI'm still getting a private jet to pilot if I can ever afford it. The day I'm too afraid to do that is the day I'm already dead.
- zach 19y agoThat's horrible. I really grieve for her other child. Tremendously sad. To me, it's also a reminder that private flight is still quite dangerous. Airline flight is seven times safer than driving, but driving a car is seven times safer than general aviation. Lots of fun, no doubt, but make sure your will is in order.
- dcurtis 19y agoWhere'd you get those statistics? I was under the impression that the opposite was true (regarding general aviation).
- pg 19y agoA flight instructor once told me that flying single-engined piston planes was statistically about as dangerous as riding motorcycles, which I assume is more dangerous than driving cars.
- ivankirigin 19y agoWatch out for airplane stats that count accidents/mile. Accidents/hour is a much more relevant measure.
- Tichy 19y agoIs it, though? But if I consider the safest way to get from A to B, miles seem more relevant?
- ivankirigin 19y agoTo determine the safest way to go from A to B, you need to incorporate both distance and time accident rates, no? I'm sure walking is actually a pretty unsafe method, when you consider distance.
- papersmith 19y agoI wonder how business jets and very light jets compare to big airliners of similar ranges.
- mhb 19y agoGreenspun has some data: http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/safety http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/safety