Where do your numbers come from! On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:17 PM, Eric Miller <e...@squishymedia.com> wrote:
>> The elephants in the room are the breaking of the unions (starting >> with Reagan's breaking of the air-traffic controllers, a blow still >> being felt= both as implied threat and lowered safety of air travel >> in the us) > > In absolute numbers, fatalities have declined significantly since the > strike in '81. Proportionally, it's even greater when considered in > terms of fatalities per mile travelled. So if we're going to accept a > causal link between breaking the union and air traffic safety results, > our conclusion must be "good thing Reagan broke PATCO." > > Presumably, that's not the conclusion to be drawn, thoughÂ….correct? <...>
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