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Brent said,
It seems that in the US it is ~15 times safer to
fly commercial vs. GA based on flight hours and perhaps 20 to 50
times that if evaluated by passenger miles.
The 15:1 factor is for hours. The
flying hours to get to a given destination are probably on average about double
for the kind of GA plane I fly. So I think that makes it 30:1 for a
given trip.
I wonder what the number is for 2000+ hour IFR
pilots that fly 200+ hours/year and go back to sim school at least once a
year. (Some would argue the latter is not necessary but it probably
eliminates some of the more arrogant population)
Colyn
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