Originally Posted by
Mistuda
Guys..I haven't read this entire thread but come on...people make a living flying planes and are still perfectly fine and kicking...granted there are accidents, if it was so unsafe, no one would fly!
Really? People do plenty of stupid risky things, irrespective of the risks involved (I often do).
On the other hand, plenty of people chose not to fly because it's "unsafe". The fact that all alternative methods of getting from point A to point B, where the two are (rolls the BSing dice...) over a few 100km apart, are more dangerous does not seem to matter.
People are morons when it comes to statistics & risk. I consider myself pretty ignorant about these subjects, yet I have met very few people (in person) who have a better understanding of the subject than I.
Originally Posted by
dabears1020
But a plane crash is not guaranteed death. In fact, more likely than not, you will survive if in a plane crash.
That probably depends on the definition of "crash".