Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:34:08 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web.expresstel.net ([166.90.54.130] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b1) with ESMTP id 2082440 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:17:32 -0500 Received: from RANDYSNAR (knox.expresstel.net [216.20.224.57] (may be forged)) by web.expresstel.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA30376 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 12:17:28 -0800 From: "Randy Snarr" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: RE: [LML] ATP Pilots Worse than Student Pilots... X-Original-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 13:21:25 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_010B_01C2EFAC.C5DE78A0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_010B_01C2EFAC.C5DE78A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does the article take into account that ATP pilots fly 50 times the hours or more per year than private pilots? I would be interested in an accidents per flying hour statistic ATP vs Private. When I was a student I did probably a hundred landings my first year compared to tens of thousands done by professional pilots that same year. Just a thought... Randy L. Snarr 235/320 -----Original Message----- From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of N295VV@aol.com Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:51 AM To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: [LML] ATP Pilots Worse than Student Pilots... From the AOPA: "GA ACCIDENTS DOWN, ASF NALL REPORT SHOWS The just-released 2002 AOPA Air Safety Foundation Nall Report shows that general aviation suffered only 1,494 fixed-wing accidents during 2001, lower than any year since record-keeping began in 1938. The total includes 298 fatal accidents. This year's report also contains surprising findings about takeoff and landing accidents, which in 2001 accounted for 58 percent of all pilot-related GA accidents. Among other things, it reveals that airline transport pilots suffer a higher proportion of takeoff and landing accidents than student pilots, relative to each group's percentage in the pilot population..." Say what? Well, duh! No, you can't borrow the keys to my LIV! David Jones ------=_NextPart_000_010B_01C2EFAC.C5DE78A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Does=20 the article take into account that ATP pilots fly 50 times the = hours or=20 more per year than private pilots?
 
I=20 would be interested in an accidents per flying hour statistic ATP vs=20 Private.
 
When I=20 was a student I did probably a hundred landings my first year compared = to tens=20 of thousands done by professional pilots that same = year.
 
Just a=20 thought...

Randy L. Snarr
235/320
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From the AOPA:

"GA = ACCIDENTS DOWN,=20 ASF NALL REPORT SHOWS
The just-released 2002 AOPA Air Safety = Foundation=20 Nall Report shows that
general aviation suffered only 1,494 = fixed-wing=20 accidents during 2001, lower
than any year since record-keeping = began in=20 1938. The total includes 298
fatal accidents. This year's report = also=20 contains surprising findings about
takeoff and landing accidents, = which in=20 2001 accounted for 58 percent of
all pilot-related GA accidents. = Among=20 other things, it reveals that
airline transport pilots suffer a = higher=20 proportion of takeoff and landing
accidents than student pilots, = relative=20 to each group's percentage in the
pilot population..."

Say = what?=20  Well, duh!  No, you can't borrow the keys to my LIV!   =

David Jones

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