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		mattmaroon on Sept 18, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: To fasten your seatbelt, insert the flap into the ... His fear of private aircraft is comparatively rational. The big commercial carriers have a far better safety record.

gcheong on Sept 18, 2009 | [–]

But he'd probably have his choice of seats.

tomjen2 on Sept 18, 2009 | [–]

It is not really apples to apples though: there are so few people flying their own planes that the loss of one private plane would be the same as the loss of several commercial ones.

The law of large numbers apply, but only to large numbers.

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