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The stat is doubly misleading because it is skewed by the proliferation of long direct flights as turbofan widebody jets proliferated and air travel became more
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
The stat is doubly misleading because it is skewed by the proliferation of long direct flights as turbofan widebody jets proliferated and air travel became more affordable which both happened in the same time period as that chart.
I don't think flying is particularly dangerous but the person you're replying to is being highly naive or misleading by taking that chart at face value.
- ceejayoz 5y agoI’m neither naive nor misleading. By any measure, airline travel - particularly in the US - is remarkably safe. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/colgan-air-crash-10-years-ago-reshaped-us-aviation-safety.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/colgan-air-crash-10-years-ag...