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Date:         Mon, 7 May 2007 22:42:04 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: (LVC) Oh, The Humanity!
Comments: To: John Reddick <SVYOLO@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2007050723400197@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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John...
We are talking 1937 here. Airline safety was no where near the 9sigma it
flys under today.


A lot of people died to get those numbers up.


tim in san jose


On 5/7/07, John Reddick <SVYOLO@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 1,000,000 miles before an accident is nothing to brag about. Neither is 1
> crash out of 650 flights.  Any commercial aircraft would be permanently
> grounded if it reached 1/10,000 of either mishap rate.
>
> John
>






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Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which
case, you ain't got there yet.
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