Do the stats take into consideration that the VAST majority of the GA airplanes flying at anytime are being flown by private pilots with sub 1,500 hours?
Do they take into consideration that most ATPs are flying airplanes that have 2 engines, redundant systems, flight directors, radars, etc, whereas the weekend warriors are flying around 40 year old airplanes w/ steam gauges and handheld non IFR yoke mounted GPS systems.
Do they take into consideration that your average commercial airplane is subjected to much heavier mx checks than Bob's 172 that bakes out on the ramp all day long for weeks on end?
Stats don't always tell the full story.
PLUS: All these crashes happened with pilots that fall in that ATP bracket at the helm. There must be something else then.
Last edited by bryris; 06-05-2009 at 11:21 AM.