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worik on Oct 30, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Case of the Missing Fuel: The story of the Sto...

> Deaths per passenger mile

I prefer deaths per journey.

Aeroplanes fly huge distances, journeys that would not be made otherwise. Makes " Deaths per passenger mile" daft IMO

jefftk on Oct 30, 2022 [–]

I suspect that looks pretty similar?

Might actually be getting better, since takeoff and landing are the most risky and with ETOPS we're doing a lot more point to point and a lot less hub and spoke.

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