Like road crashes, the only really meaningful measures relate to exposure. Fatalities per (some order of magnitude of) hours flown would give a better basis for comparison.
Allan Armistead ph (02) 6249 6470, fax (02) 6249 6555, mobile 0413 013 911 PO Box 908, Dickson ACT 2602, Australia "When once you have tasted flight, you will always walk with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you always will be." Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Simon Hackett Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2003 8:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Accidents galore in the UK On 24/9/03 7:36 AM, "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you assume the pilots aren't all suicidal then I can only assume they > aren't properly trained which includes developing the judgement to avoid > critical situations and the skill to make them non critical when they do > occur. Or perhaps there are just far more active pilots in the UK than in Australia - figuring these rates out as 'fatalities per active pilot per annum' would be educative in that respect. Cheers, Simon -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
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