Originally Posted by
Mason32
Tell me you are not including foreign carriers and accidents in foreign lands.... can we agree to compare US regionals with US Majors in the US? I guess the list I ran was different than the list YOU ran. I selected UNITED STATES. By the way, the Southwest accident was people on the ground killed, not crew or pax.
and I NEVER said anybody was immune from accidents. What I said was the regionals have a worse safety record and kill people far more often. So, if we use your numbers Majors/Cargo is what 10... maybe 15.... while regionals are what..... lets see...
Comair 50
Colgan 49
Beech 1900 19 (forgot who operated that one)
so, 118 to less than 20 just since 2003. Yep, you make your arguement well.
This argument makes my head hurt.
Select United States, that's fine, but there were no foreign airlines listed. There were, however, three US carriers that had accidents in foreign countries. That fact doesn't nullify my point.
By the way, the number of fatalities isn't a valid metric. The number of
fatal accidents certainly is. Don't confuse the two.
P.S.: The B1900 above was an accident caused by maintenance, not crew competency.