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To: Neocon who wrote (78)	7/26/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd	Read Replies (1) of 440

> that there are more crashes in private planes, and more of them are fatal... There are also more private planes to begin with... A disproportionate number of those crashes are bush flying in Alaska, to places where no airliner can ever go. If you pull Alaska out of the numbers, things actually look much better. That said, no question flying commercial on a major airline IS safer. [Get into commuters and you're in a whole different ballgame, mostly for the same reason - lack of pilot experience.] The same is true for major airlines compared to driving, trains, or walking down the street in many cities. Statistically, flying in a small plane is somewhat more dangerous than driving a car, somewhat better than riding a motorcycle. I'd put it in the "driving in the rain" category... mg

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