I remember years ago in the USAF, they put out some type of "Safety Survey". They said their goal was to have zero fatalities for the upcoming year.

I wrote in, "Stop flying airplanes! Fly every mission in the sim, you'll save money on fuel and maintenance and deployments too."

I've always wondered why little airplane crashes always get headlines, yet more than 30,000 people die every year on America's roads, no headlines, no cry from the NTSB to ban driving, or improve driver training?

And no car simulators, very little training for kids, lots of teenage fatalities, yet Flying accidents always make the headlines. We get headlines today, 5 people died in NJ in a private plane crash. http://content.usatoday.com/communit...y-interstate/1

We didn't hear about the 50 who died in car crashes today. I was nearly killed by an old lady who drifted into my lane about 3 hours ago, while I was driving to get a gallon of milk at the grocery store. This old gal had to be about 87 or older, nobody gave her a check ride since...Henry Ford was building the Model T!