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1. Do you think that flying AirTran is less safe than driving, let's say, ATL-WAS?</font>
No, but at least when driving, you have some control and know that your vehicle has been maintained correctly so it offers some peace of mind.
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2. Do you think that AirTran safety standards and records are below many international airlines, like Swissair (3 fatals in 3 years), Korean Air or China Airlines?
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I'm not as familar with Swissair/Korean/China to give an answer to this. I wasn't even aware of a recent Swissair crash beyond the 1998 MD-11 incident.
I do know, however, that AirTran has had 170,000 flights, Swissair has had 3.2M, KoreanAir has had 1.3M, and China Airlines has had 690,000.
Do the math.
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3. Whom should I fly out of ATL and Florida for low fares- Delta or US Airways? Or perhaps I should wait on Gordon Bethune to offer $39 one-ways systemwide??? Southwest simply does not fly to Atlanta.
While I would love to fly on a safer airline than AirTran (Southwest comes to mind), that is very difficult on the eastern seaboard.</font>
I fly
to ATL on CO, so I don't really know much about flying out of there. I would say that paying the premium for DL/CO/US is certainly worth it when it comes to your safety.