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what about the one-in-a-million events that pilots continuously train for? Is one million flights a large enough sample?
by benmowa 8y ago
what about the one-in-a-million events that pilots continuously train for? Is one million flights a large enough sample?
- tlb 8y agoThe current helicopter accident rate for emergency medical service is 3.9 / 100,000 flight hours [0], so a million flights is probably large enough. But feel free to answer the question based on some larger number that would convince you it's statistically safer. [0] https://www.aea.net/events/rotorcraft/files/US_Rotorcraft_Accident_Data_And_Statistics.pdf https://www.aea.net/events/rotorcraft/files/US_Rotorcraft_Ac...