Timeline for Is China Airlines safe?
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| Jan 12, 2015 at 10:23 | history | edited | hippietrail | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2015 at 18:57 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | For example, 1193 road deaths in Australia in 2013, but as far as I can see none from accidents involving scheduled commercial flights in or out of Australia. You can talk about longer time-periods than one year, or number of journeys, number of occupant-miles, all that stuff, and it tweaks the details, but if you want to reduce your risk of death then think about the road journeys you make in a year, and how to be safer that way, not the flights you take in a year :-) | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 18:48 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @Mateus: as a rule of thumb, any airlines' scheduled flights in and out of countries with solid aviation safety regimes, are way safer than absurdly dangerous modes of transport like driving that most people use every day without thinking about it. You'd likely reduce your risk of death far more by catching a train to the airport instead of driving, or by making fewer runs to the store each month, than by picking the safest airline. It's just that flying is unfamiliar and out of your control, so it "feels" risky. | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 12:39 | comment | added | Mateus | @Ruslan Ok, I was just waiting if anyone has anything else to add, maybe another personal exeperience to share. | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 11:52 | comment | added | Ruslan | @Mateus please don't forget to mark the answer as accepted once it has satisfied you. You can do this by clicking a tickmark to the left of the answer. | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 8:40 | comment | added | Mateus | @JohnZwinck Thank you again John. You and Doc really made me put things in perspective. | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 8:35 | comment | added | Mateus | @Doc , now that you mentioned it, I went to look and you are right! Thanks again. | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 8:31 | comment | added | John Zwinck | @Mateus: no, but that fact is not relevant. If it makes you feel better, I have flown on Aeroflot, Air Asia, and a six-seat charter plane where the pilot read the newspaper for most of the flight, with no autopilot. I am still alive, and next month, so will you be. | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 8:26 | comment | added | Mateus | @JohnZwinck Thanks for the reply. Have you ever flew with CI? | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 8:06 | comment | added | John Zwinck | @Mateus: no, there is no need to change. Flying in 2015 is very, very safe, on any major carrier. As the captain says, sit back, relax, and enjoy your flight. | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 8:03 | comment | added | Doc | Qantas has had more accidents and incidents in the past 10 years than China Airlines has... | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 7:45 | comment | added | Mateus | Thank you Doc! So, in the bottom line, your opinio is no need to change to Qantas? Regarding safety issues. | |
| Jan 9, 2015 at 7:41 | history | answered | Doc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |