Aviation safety: Transport comparisons

Re:Aviation safety: Transport comparisons by capableweb on Saturday November 16, 2019 @06:06AM (#21552045)

Wouldn't it be more reasonable to measure per travel occasion instead? When thinking about car travel, the type of road also matters, as does the rest of the surroundings. True for airplane travel as well, but only arrival/departure seems to matter most there.

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Re:Aviation safety: Transport comparisons by zbentley on Saturday November 16, 2019 @06:10AM (#21552059)

I think per travel time would be better. "Trips" in air and automobiles tend to be of very different average durations.

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Re:Aviation safety: Transport comparisons by visarga on Saturday November 16, 2019 @07:03AM (#21552233)

Car risks grow linear with length of trip while plane risks are concentrated especially at takeoff and landing. If you only count deaths/trip, it would discount much relevant information.

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Re:Aviation safety: Transport comparisons by imagin8or on Saturday November 16, 2019 @07:11AM (#21552266)

I too think we should reinvent the discipline of statistical analysis in this thread.

For example, richer people fly, should we adjust for that?

I love these dim headlines

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