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Air travel should be much safer than driving. That it barely is in the case of the 737 MAX is itself a huge indictment.


Absolutely 100% agreed. I started with that assumption and figured that even with very conservative numbers I'd be well below the number of driving fatalities. I did that calculation as I wrote that comment and didn't retroactively edit my initial reactions or change any numbers to fit my bias.

I'd love to see someone figure out the real numbers here.


Yeah, I was just emphasizing your point that you arrived at organically while doing the calculations. Definitely on the same page as you.




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