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General Aviation/Private Aviation is as dangerous as riding a motorcycle, per hour of participation. At least the last time I checked the statistics. It might h
by ehnto 4y ago
General Aviation/Private Aviation is as dangerous as riding a motorcycle, per hour of participation. At least the last time I checked the statistics. It might have improved with navigation technology and flight planning software becoming more affordable.
- merely-unlikely 4y agoA lot of GA aircraft are also decades old and lacking newer technology
- mechanical_bear 4y agoThe danger of riding a motorcycle is overstated, as those stats take into account riders who didn’t wear safety gear and/or rode inebriated.
- dhsysusbsjsi 4y agoYeah but to be fair, aviation statistics would also be 10% as bad if they excluded people who didn’t fly into bad weather, took off overweight, didn’t have enough fuel in the tanks, ran out of light or were too fatigued, or couldn’t say ‘no’ to tasking or an unserviceable aircraft.
- shostack 4y agoWhich is saying something given the level of training, testing, safety culture, licensing, and ATC coverage.