So, first I hope this question fits this sub. I’ve often heard that sentance. But how has it been determined?
Like, is it just about the raw number of deaths? In which case, the argument doesn’t exactly land well since we’re in planes a very small part of our lives.
Or has it been calculated that on average, a second spent on a plane is safer than a second spent in a car? In which case it would truly be safer.
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One hog aspect is the competence of the pilot/driver. In the US at least, there is very little stopping idiots from driving. Passenger aircraft are piloted by teams who are very trained. This is also skewed by things like motorcycles which have an extremely high death per mile travelled compared to other vehicles.
Airplanes are likely the safest because there is far less chance that you have an incompetent pilot compared to the far more likely incompetent drivers on roads.
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