David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Gender equality does not rule in private flying. While a male driver
is only about twice as likely as a female driver to get into a fatal
car accident, a male private pilot is eight times more likely as a
female private pilot to get into a fatal plane
Arnt Karlsen writes:
..the 200'th hour is also the most dangerous period for average
pilots according to the stats, these usually _assume_ things
instead of _preparing_ for them, because their 200 hour experience
may be construed to have taught them this is allways ok to do.
That
David Megginson writes:
For example, private and student pilots with 100-149 hours accounted
for 309 fatal aircraft accidents in the U.S. from 1983 to 2000, while
private and student pilots with 350-399 hours accounted for 109
accidents. Who's more dangerous? It depends on how many
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:21:46 -0400,
David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Arnt Karlsen writes:
..the 200'th hour is also the most dangerous period for average
pilots according to the stats, these usually _assume_ things
instead of _preparing_ for
Arnt Karlsen writes:
however, since the FAA does not release statistics about the
number of pilots and hours flown at different experience levels,
his numbers are meaningless.
..huh??? Why the hell not???
They indicate nothing about what level of experience is really the
most
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:23:19 -0400,
David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Arnt Karlsen writes:
however, since the FAA does not release statistics about the
number of pilots and hours flown at different experience levels,
his numbers are
Arnt Karlsen writes:
To take a different example, if I could show that more people die
every year from falling off chairs than from high-altitude mountain
climbing without oxygen, would that prove that sitting on a chair is
more dangerous?
..reminds me of the safest mode of human
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:36:13 -0400,
David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Arnt Karlsen writes:
To take a different example, if I could show that more people die
every year from falling off chairs than from high-altitude
mountain climbing without
