> That puts paramotoring in the same safety category as hang gliding and base jumping in my mind. Base jumping is NOT in the same category as the other two. It

> That puts paramotoring in the same safety category as hang gliding and base jumping in my mind. Base jumping is NOT in the same category as the other two. It is riskier by one or two (or more) orders of magnitude, depending on how you count. > I.e. it is far too dangerous an activity to be doing regularly. That is not how risk works in paramotoring / paragliding / hang gliding. Doing it regularly means you're more "current" – less likely to make bad decisions, due to regularly exercising pilot skills. This more than offsets the increased risk from increased number of flights. Paramotoring, like paragliding and hang gliding, can be extremely safe – with proper skills, weather conditions, and equipment. Accidents usually happen when people decide to go beyond safe conditions, e.g. fly in too thermic / too windy conditions. Something to keep in mind is that paramotors are the easiest way to fly. And the easiest option always attracts the kind of people who look to expend the minimum amount of effort to get what they want. This attitude, predictably, results in more accidents – for this particular subgroup, not for all paramotor pilots. In these sports, the pilots rely on their self discipline to stay safe. This is the real reason why these sports can never go mainstream – the actual skills are easy to learn, but the discipline is not.