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It matters with respect to the parent comment quote about helicopter travel itself being unsafe, while statistics show it's safer than fixed wing GA.
by DrScump 6y ago
It matters with respect to the parent comment quote about helicopter travel itself being unsafe, while statistics show it's safer than fixed wing GA.
- michaelt 6y agoChainsaw-juggling is as safe as knitting if you ignore human error. Safer, in fact, as so few chainsaw jugglers die of old age while engaging in their hobby. I'm not sure anyone would say chainsaw juggling was safe, though.
- TylerE 6y agoThat's a low bar. The vast majority of helicopter operations are commercial (They're EXPENSIVE, so pleasure helicopters...don't really exist), and the accident rate is far far worse than commerical fixed wing... 20x or more.