I remember on tv from a fair few months back, There are more house hold accidents leading to serious injury and death in the UK then there are of the same types of Injuries (gashes, burns etc) and deaths on planes.
Amount of planes flying every day, amount of miles, amount of people on those planes going around the skys every day is just as a big ratio as cars
Only thing you have to really ever be worried about on a plane or avoid Is stepping on those unknown small country planes in the east/far east etc since they do not get the money to look after them and most plane deaths are from those airlines each year.
Worrying "is this plane going to crash?" every time you step on a plane is rather a silly notion and no need for it
Erm No.... nearly everyone I know drives daily. Nearly everyone I know fly maybe twice a year max.
No to what? You make a statement that has no bearing on what I said
Not you personally, the amount of people in the air every day is quite large and not far off that of driving No one can take an exact number..
The FAA claims its impossible to give any kind of realistic estimate of the number of planes in the sky at one time. They do say there are 23,000 scheduled takeoffs and landings in the U.S. daily (610 of those are at Lindbergh; even more at Palomar and Montgomery). Thats not 23,000 individual planes, of course; in a day the number is probably closer to a quarter of that. A single plane can take off and land many times in the course of 24 hours. So at 12:08 p.m. on a Tuesday, who knows how much metal is in the sky? Anyway, a real total of airborne things would have to include business jets, recreational (general aviation) flights, helicopters, blimps, and military operations. Too many imponderables for the FAA to deal with. Theyre still trying to figure out how to get us off the ground on time. And whens the peak time for us to be left sitting on the runway? Thursday and Friday evenings between 6 and 9.
But when you think about it an there are plenty of sources stating estimates the amount of planes and therefore people in the air at any given movement is a massive one and add every other flying thing with people on it as well IT IS A LOT!
And the ratio of people in the air to death is far less then that of car and people
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-daum18aug18,0,7373341.column?coll=la-home-commentaryEnd of day if you disagree or think planes are flying death traps, dont fly then!
