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In the same vein, just imagine how much money we could save if we get to say "300 people this year? More people died this month in car accidents. There's no nee

In the same vein, just imagine how much money we could save if we get to say "300 people this year? More people died this month in car accidents. There's no need to do anything." every time a plane crashes.

rlanday 9y ago
I suspect the death toll from aviation might be a bit higher if that's how we responded to plane crashes...
- Erlangolem 9y ago
  The death toll from aviation is high, just not the death toll when you only look at major passenger lines. Add in GA, and the numbers stop looking so sweet. https://www.aopa.org/about/general-aviation-statistics/general-aviation-safety-record-current-and-historic https://www.aopa.org/about/general-aviation-statistics/gener... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/12/lies-coverups-mask-roots-small-aircraft-carnage-unfit-for-flight-part-1/10405323/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/12/lies-c...
  - Macha 9y ago
    I would imagine buses compare favourably to small cars also. GA pilots have less monitoring, and are more likely to be involved in many of the same activities that cause car crashes, but in the air. And more likely to be manually flying also. The argument was never "planes are inherently safer than cars" but rather "commercial passenger flights are safer than cars because of all the precautions (human and technical) we take"
    - Erlangolem 9y ago
      I suspected that you were right, and doing a bit of research, you definitely are. The rate of fatalities in busses is quite low compared to cars and light trucks. https://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/transportation/comparing-fatality-risks-united-states-transportation-across-modes-time https://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/transpor...
loeg 9y ago
Don't hold your breath for the next (commercial) plane crash: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-aviation-safety-20180102-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-aviation-safety-201801...

rlanday 9y ago

I suspect the death toll from aviation might be a bit higher if that's how we responded to plane crashes...

Erlangolem 9y ago
The death toll from aviation is high, just not the death toll when you only look at major passenger lines. Add in GA, and the numbers stop looking so sweet. https://www.aopa.org/about/general-aviation-statistics/general-aviation-safety-record-current-and-historic https://www.aopa.org/about/general-aviation-statistics/gener... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/12/lies-coverups-mask-roots-small-aircraft-carnage-unfit-for-flight-part-1/10405323/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/12/lies-c...
- Macha 9y ago
  I would imagine buses compare favourably to small cars also. GA pilots have less monitoring, and are more likely to be involved in many of the same activities that cause car crashes, but in the air. And more likely to be manually flying also. The argument was never "planes are inherently safer than cars" but rather "commercial passenger flights are safer than cars because of all the precautions (human and technical) we take"
  - Erlangolem 9y ago
    I suspected that you were right, and doing a bit of research, you definitely are. The rate of fatalities in busses is quite low compared to cars and light trucks. https://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/transportation/comparing-fatality-risks-united-states-transportation-across-modes-time https://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/transpor...

loeg 9y ago

Don't hold your breath for the next (commercial) plane crash: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-aviation-safety-20180102-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-aviation-safety-201801...