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Have we won the safety battle?
Around 3 billion people boarded some 35 million flights, each of them traveling over 500 miles per hour in an aluminum tube 7 miles above the earth. And only 224 died. That’s simply an incredible number... In fact, 2013 was the safest year ever for airlines, surpassing 2012 (which was the safest ever). (airfactsjournal.com) Daha Fazlası...
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I think the moment we believe we've won the "safety battle" is the moment we get too relaxed, and that's when accidents happen. While our statistics may be up, and that's great, we should be ever vigilant of the hazards that exist and do everything we can to mitigate them.
True.
But we're not anywhere near having won the safety battle in general aviation yet. The stats show that general aviation on average is not a very safe form of transportation, contrasting vividly with commercial aviation.
But we're not anywhere near having won the safety battle in general aviation yet. The stats show that general aviation on average is not a very safe form of transportation, contrasting vividly with commercial aviation.
I don't think we will ever truly win the safety battle until we have a full year were no one truly dies by aviation, and that will likely never happen, soon atleast
The battle in safety is largely won (in the West fi commercial aviation). You don't need zero to have won. You need a culture of safety. Once you lose the culture of vigilance, we've lost. Because incidents and fatalities will follow.
Now we need to extend the wins in commercial aviation in the west to the rest of the world. And we need to eliminate the biggest causes of crashes and fatalities in general aviation (whatever they are).
Now we need to extend the wins in commercial aviation in the west to the rest of the world. And we need to eliminate the biggest causes of crashes and fatalities in general aviation (whatever they are).
If I am not mistaken, most crashes are due to pilot error
And we are getting there. 224 is really good number, but it can get better.
The problem is that the trend we are starting to see is that planes are getting bigger by the year. More people means more safety issues. Although larger planes like the A380 can evac all the people in the required time in a non emergency (the time being 90 secs for a pass), I highly doubt that all 600+ people could evacuate in a real emergency. If we ever want to see a year with no fatalities, first we must speed up the Evacuation time, As well as use better technology to try to eliminate pilot error as much as plausible.
And we are getting there. 224 is really good number, but it can get better.
The problem is that the trend we are starting to see is that planes are getting bigger by the year. More people means more safety issues. Although larger planes like the A380 can evac all the people in the required time in a non emergency (the time being 90 secs for a pass), I highly doubt that all 600+ people could evacuate in a real emergency. If we ever want to see a year with no fatalities, first we must speed up the Evacuation time, As well as use better technology to try to eliminate pilot error as much as plausible.
224 dead world wide !
Any data how many out of these due to errors or negligence of Non Americans ? Especially Asians ? Who are error prone culturally !
Any data how many out of these due to errors or negligence of Non Americans ? Especially Asians ? Who are error prone culturally !
Very few people 224 died in airliner crashes I'm 2013.
That's less than 400 people who died in US from falling out of bed.
That's less than 300 people who died I'm a bathtub.
And less than 2,900 people who on average die from hippos (apparently not in the US).
Let's not even mention car fatality rates.
WOW!! That's phenomenal.
That does make commercial passenger transit a very safe form of transportation.
However, GA can be substantially safer. While it wouldn't make sense to bog down small private planes and pilots with the same beaurocratic rules that apply to airlines, some effort should be made to help private pilots be safer. For thier own benefit and for the benefit of the people who's heads these pilots overfly.
Restricting obese pilots' ability to fly (without a second pilot available on the plane) seems like a reasonable way to reduce health related incidents that can result in catastrophic crashes and fatalities.
More importantly, there would be benefit in:
1) reducing the FAA beaurocracy
2) determining the simplest causes if the greatest number of GA crashes / fatalities that could easily be changed with the least burden on general aviation (low hanging fruit).
That's less than 400 people who died in US from falling out of bed.
That's less than 300 people who died I'm a bathtub.
And less than 2,900 people who on average die from hippos (apparently not in the US).
Let's not even mention car fatality rates.
WOW!! That's phenomenal.
That does make commercial passenger transit a very safe form of transportation.
However, GA can be substantially safer. While it wouldn't make sense to bog down small private planes and pilots with the same beaurocratic rules that apply to airlines, some effort should be made to help private pilots be safer. For thier own benefit and for the benefit of the people who's heads these pilots overfly.
Restricting obese pilots' ability to fly (without a second pilot available on the plane) seems like a reasonable way to reduce health related incidents that can result in catastrophic crashes and fatalities.
More importantly, there would be benefit in:
1) reducing the FAA beaurocracy
2) determining the simplest causes if the greatest number of GA crashes / fatalities that could easily be changed with the least burden on general aviation (low hanging fruit).
