From kls Fri Dec 27 13:32:23 1996 Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: bounce-back Date: 27 Dec 96 13:32:23 From: Chris Hall Subject: Re: Fear of Flying References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Airborne Display Limited In article , Peter Coe writes > >Just to counter that as a passenger on a total of 209 flight sectors, I >have suffered two in-flight shutdowns. One a precautionary event, the >other a bird strike. > >I have also flown on three aircraft that have since had fatal crashes. >I think I am therefore a statistical abnormality. > >Wonderful thing statistics. > Peter, can you let me know your intended movements over the next year or so so I can be sure of avoiding the same flights. I estimate that I have flown around 400 sectors over the last 25 years. Apart from bad weather making flying uncomfortable from time to time and one go-around at London Gatwick due to traffic spacing, all have been incident free. Oh.... I did spill hot, black coffee over a female passenger sitting next to me once, but that is another story. The biggest problem that I have suffered is bag loss twice over this period. -- Chris Hall