What's your tolerance for risk?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21420050/
NASA refuses to disclose air safety survey
Survey shows twice as many reports of bird strikes, near mid-air collisions
2007-11-01 12:50:52 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
lol .. i dont think i or anyone would consider it if it was anywhere near even 1% ...
2007-11-01 12:53:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The article, as usual, is long on hype and short on facts. The critical question is what is the change in the frequency of these events. There are hard, well publicized statistics on the safety of air travel. What someone considers a near miss is irrelevant unless you have something with which to compare it.
2007-11-01 12:55:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1% would be enough, but if even .1 percent of aircraft crashed, it would be a international disaster.
Picture every major airport haveing half a dozen aircraft a day crash.
The odds are likely closer .001-- basicly you have a better chance dieing in your car driving to the airport then on the airplane itself.
--oh and a bird hitting a large aircraft dose nothing. It could get sucked into the engine and spit out and nothing would happen. It would some how need to get suck in their and jam it which is almost impossible.
2007-11-01 12:56:55 · answer #3 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 1 per cent chance of death would be an unacceptable risk for me, unless I was escaping from a war zone, for example.
In fact the risk is much much lower. The fatality rate is about 1 per 15 billion kilometres travelled. The fatality rate for motor vehicles is about 65 times as high.
Plus, you can drink alcohol on a plane without seriously increasing your risk (unless you're the pilot).
2007-11-01 16:47:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although flying is safer then driving a car, I still refuse to fly in an airplane, at least not intentionally. You have a far better chance of dying in a car accident than dying in an airplane accident. My issue with airplanes is the enclosure. And you can't open the windows.
So to answer you, your chances of death in an airplane is less than 1%.
2007-11-01 12:56:55 · answer #5 · answered by Tinman12 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Err... .... 1%?
1 out of 100? ... ... so 1 out of 100 people would die from flying on commerical airlines? Yeah, I think that would stop me. Not sure if you're aware but 1% is HECK loads. Especially after you consider there will probably be more that 100 people on the plane.
2007-11-01 12:54:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rude steroid louts' treatment of my ailing, elderly father in 2003 prevents me from ever flying again until things change.
Forcing a WW2 veteran suffering from Alzheimer's to undergo screening and questioning while threatening to arrest me was way beyond "security" and all about power.
B*stards.
2007-11-01 12:54:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say 30% to 40% if I was flying across land but across the ocean I would let it go up to 45% to 50%, I really hate boats. I've always loved flying, though.
2007-11-01 12:58:42 · answer #8 · answered by amodio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a retired Air Force pilot, I thought I would give you one statistic only. More pilots are killed driving to the airport, then in the cockpit of an airplane.
2007-11-01 13:05:26 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in major metropolitan area. I take a change every time I get in my car. The chances would have to be around 60% to get me to stop flying.
2007-11-01 13:06:26 · answer #10 · answered by mediahoney 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even 1% is too high for me....that's just basically a 1 in 100 chance, it might not happen, but who knows.....
2007-11-01 12:55:14 · answer #11 · answered by Dr. Facepalm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋