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EHM-1506 Emre:
At my point of view let me explain it on my way:

I was working at Adnan Menderes Airport which in &#304;zmir. It is not quite big airport. It makes about 700 flights aproximately per week both foreign and domestic included. And that makes 700*4= 2800 flighst per month and that makes 33600 flights per year. Each plane can be calculated as 80 people onboard than that equals to 2.688.000 people every year are flying from LTBJ. Again it is not a big airport. Every year lets say 2000 people are dying in plane crashes. At this moment 0,074 per cent of LTBJ pessangers likely to die in a crash. I hope that is enough for the safety...

I just want to say something about statistics... Statistics is very very good science to tell lies with it. Because it depends on the point of researchers view. You can show that flying is safe or very very dangerous thing with same data. :)

Kind of regards.

EHM-1199 Philip:
Absoutely agree - statistics are the best tool of the fabricator. However, the statistics here are not in debate - the only point really is why the statistics presented are never the ones that reflect the reality of an individual death - that is the deaths per million. The deaths per mile travelled is a slightly skewed way of looking at things when youthink that just a package holiday is likely to run into several thousand miles for a single flight.

Just thought 'd share a little of this book anyway and open up the discussion :)

EHM-1539 Pierre:

--- Quote ---Message original :  Plymyphil
It covers the theory that air safety is improved only on a speculative monetary value of human life. I.E. no matter how hideous the disaster you need to weigh out how many lives were lost before acting to make aircraft more safe. Hence, smoke hoods which cost pence are still not in place despite the fact that they would save a majority of lives in 'burning' planes.
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Well, actually it's not a theory, it's official, unfortunately.

EHM-1199 Philip:

--- Quote ---Originally posted by maabaa

--- Quote ---Message original :  Plymyphil
It covers the theory that air safety is improved only on a speculative monetary value of human life. I.E. no matter how hideous the disaster you need to weigh out how many lives were lost before acting to make aircraft more safe. Hence, smoke hoods which cost pence are still not in place despite the fact that they would save a majority of lives in 'burning' planes.
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Well, actually it's not a theory, it's official, unfortunately.
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Makes you wonder why they're not in place eh? I totally feel comfortable flying but ... it seems the statistics do lie and it's not quite as safe as made out. In burning planes ... just for reference ... the survivors are the ones that hit the deck at the first sniff of smoke - simple science really, heat rises and they're the lastto get smoke inhalation and in the coolest part of the cabin!

liam:
i personaly thuink its safer in the air.. i love hights :)

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