12-12-2020, 09:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-12-2020, 09:17 PM by danbrotherston.)
(12-12-2020, 08:50 PM)tomh009 Wrote: And it's not really comparable. The number of aircraft in use is far lower, the pilots are highly trained and certified, flying time per day is limited, and traffic is directed by highly professional air traffic control, all things that would not be feasible for private vehicles.
Fatalities per million passenger-miles are about 10x for road traffic as compared to air traffic. So, even by that metric, and ignoring the fundamental differences (as above), it's nowhere near "a million times".
And I never said that we couldn't improve. I'm not sure that air traffic regulation is the absolute best place to learn, though.
These are literally all FAA regulations, if our road safety regulations required highly trained operators and certified drivers on each vehicle, controlled by traffic control, we'd see far safer roads.
And before those things were in force for flying, I imagine someone would have said "that's infeasible".
As for statistics, maybe you're right, but I'd love to see a source. But still, a 10x safety improvement isn't anything to scoff at...you'd be talking about thousands of lives in Canada, and millions worldwide.
I'm really surprised to see poeple arguing that the FAA (and other regulatory bodies) haven't been effective in making air travel safe.