Originally Posted by
dgilman
Since I jumped on the OP for this, in all fairness I should do it here - the stats you give above are meaningless, since we don't know how many pets actually flew in the 5 months with 8 deaths - it's unlikely, but possible, that they only flew 9 pets in those 5 months. That's an exaggeration, for sure, but you see my point.
You are wrong. Your point is moot. The stats are valid.
Go here, read, learn. Stats for total pets per period are listed in each carrier's report.
http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/reports