But what would you do if someone was missing from your car pool? Statistically, would that be more dangerous?
The extra passenger issue would not, IMO, constitute a danger, other than to the extra passenger possibly arriving at the incorrect destination. (Unfortunately statistics are merely that - I have lost two close friends in aircraft crashes; I do not worry, but it is within the realm of possibility.)
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Science Goy
As a passenger, and as someone who does statistics for a living, any concern that begins with "But if the plane crashes..." automatically gets relegated to the bin of issues too irrelevant to worry about.