X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:17:14 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d21.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.207] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.2) with ESMTP id 1314993 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:55:19 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.144.207; envelope-from=MikeEasley@aol.com Received: from MikeEasley@aol.com by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id q.56e.2796b17 (29678) for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:54:25 -0400 (EDT) From: MikeEasley@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <56e.2796b17.31f76071@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:54:25 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: response to Terrence O'Neill's posting... X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1153828465" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5318 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1153828465 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I attended a John and Martha King seminar a few years ago where they quoted statistics that the airlines are 49 times safer than GA. I think it was based on fatal accidents, maybe hours flown or miles flown, not sure. But... Their reasoning was that the airline pilots, with 200 people sitting behind them in the airliner, have a different attitude towards risk taking. They also said that airline pilots are only slightly safer than private pilots when flying GA aircraft. They said skill has very little to do with it, it's judgement. They said that better equipment, standard routes, standard operating procedures, recurrent training, etc. all contribute to the better safety record of the airlines, but the Kings believe that the real issue is our attitude towards risk taking. The Kings suggest that GA pilots should ask themselves, "Would I do this if I had a couple hundred paying passengers sitting behind me?" If the answer is "no" then why would you do it with yourself and your loved ones in the airplane. For what it's worth. Mike Easley Colorado Springs -------------------------------1153828465 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I attended a John and Martha King seminar a few years ago where they qu= oted=20 statistics that the airlines are 49 times safer than GA.  I think it wa= s=20 based on fatal accidents, maybe hours flown or miles flown, not sure. =20 But...
 
Their reasoning was that the airline pilots, with 200 people sitting be= hind=20 them in the airliner, have a different attitude towards risk taking.  T= hey=20 also said that airline pilots are only slightly safer than private pilots wh= en=20 flying GA aircraft.  They said skill has very little to do with it, it'= s=20 judgement.
 
They said that better equipment, standard routes, standard operating=20 procedures, recurrent training, etc. all contribute to the better safety rec= ord=20 of the airlines, but the Kings believe that the real issue is our attit= ude=20 towards risk taking.
 
The Kings suggest that GA pilots should ask themselves, "Would I do thi= s if=20 I had a couple hundred paying passengers sitting behind me?"  If the an= swer=20 is "no" then why would you do it with yourself and your loved ones in the=20 airplane.
 
For what it's worth.

Mike Easley
Colorado Springs
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