According to the Nall Report[0] for 2014 from the Airplane Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Institute, “Pilot-related causes consistently account for

According to the Nall Report[0] for 2014 from the Airplane Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Institute, “Pilot-related causes consistently account for about 75% of non-commercial fixed-wing [general-aviation] accidents.” Those causes are fuel management, weather, takeoff and climb, maneuvering, descent/approach, landing, and other (inadequate preflight inspection, accidents while taxiing, attempted go-arounds, loss of engine power due to failure to use carburetor heat, controlled flight into terrain [CFIT], unexplained loss of control in cruise, pilot impairment by alcohol and/or drugs, pilot incapacitation, in-flight suicide, midair collisions, collisions between airplanes and ground vehicles, and collision between a glider and tow plane). The top four categories by number of fatal and non-fatal accidents were, in order, landing, other pilot-related, takeoff and climb, and fuel management. Most weather accidents were flights conducted under visual flight rules that entered instrument meteorological conditions (VFR into IMC). Legally flying in IMC requires all of an instrument rating, a suitably equipped aircraft, a pilot with instrument currency (adequate recent experience in actual or simulated IMC), and an IFR flight plan. [0]: https://www.aopa.org/-/media/files/aopa/home/training-and-safety/nall-report/26thnallreport2017.pdf#page=13 https://www.aopa.org/-/media/files/aopa/home/training-and-sa... All that said, the results above are likely not representative of a corporate jet flying the CEO of Apple around. Within the FAA’s jurisdiction, piloting an aircraft above 12,500 pounds max gross takeoff weight requires a type rating, i.e., certification that the pilot is qualified to fly that specific type of airplane. Many such airplanes will require two pilots, and jets commonly require the pilot in command at least to hold an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate. The G650 that Jobs owned[1] has a MGTOW of 20,000 pounds. [1]: https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N2N https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N2N Whereas about half of the accidents described above involved pilots with a private certificate only — and insurance companies hate VFR-only pilots because of the accident rate — any pilot qualified to fly a corporate jet will have additional training, ratings, and thousands more flight hours compared to Joe Average Private Pilot smashing bugs in a Cessna single. The G650 will have two such highly trained pilots: a type-rated ATP PIC and a type-rated first officer (at least commercial, probably ATP). This makes the operation not twice as safe but thousands of times safer.