X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:46:06 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imr-da02.mx.aol.com ([205.188.105.144] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with ESMTP id 5041162 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:37:40 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.105.144; envelope-from=vtailjeff@aol.com Received: from mtaout-ma01.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-ma01.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.41.1]) by imr-da02.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p63Db2Gm008624 for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 09:37:02 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.149] (24-107-65-42.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com [24.107.65.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-ma01.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id CD9A1E000157; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 09:37:01 -0400 (EDT) References: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPad Mail 8C148) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-10-680539202 X-Original-Message-Id: <07F2A310-B746-4FDD-BB7C-93D08E749CF7@aol.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPad Mail (8C148) From: vtailjeff@aol.com Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Odds of...... X-Original-Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 08:36:57 -0500 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:343930368:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d29014e10707d5927 X-AOL-IP: 24.107.65.42 --Apple-Mail-10-680539202 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Also: maintain thy flying speed. Sent from my iPad On Jul 2, 2011, at 10:34 PM, "Frederick Moreno" wrote: > I suggest an alternate, positive way to look at the odds, as follows: > =20 > 1) Nearly all accidents are caused by pilot error, so look at the pilot, n= ot the airplane. > 2) My recollection from a comprehensive review of accident statistics show= ed that you can reduce your chances of an accident by 90% by NOT doing the f= ollowing five things: > Zooming your girlfriend's house (showing off) > Attempting to exceed the capabilities of your airplane (runway length, obs= tacles, climb rates, etc.) > Flying in weather when you are not equipped to deal with it > Running out of fuel, and > Flying after drinking booze. > I would say a 90% improvement is a good thing to strive for, and seems pr= etty easy to do.=20 > =20 > It's not the airframe so much as it is the pilot that kills the pilot.=20 > =20 > Pilot Fred --Apple-Mail-10-680539202 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Also: maintain thy flying speed.

Sent from my iPad

On Jul 2, 2011, at 10:34 PM, "Frederick Moreno" <frederickmoreno@bigpond.com> wrote:

I suggest an alternate, positive way to look at the odds, as follows:

1) Nearly all accidents are caused by pilot error, so look at the pilot, not the airplane.

2) My recollection from a comprehensive review of accident statistics showed that you can reduce your chances of an accident by 90% by NOT doing the following five things:

Zooming your girlfriend's house (showing off)

Attempting to exceed the capabilities of your airplane (runway length, obstacles, climb rates, etc.)

Flying in weather when you are not equipped to deal with it

Running out of fuel, and

Flying after drinking booze.

I would say a 90% improvement is a good thing to strive for, and seems pretty easy to do.

It's not the airframe so much as it is the pilot that kills the pilot.

Pilot Fred

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