re: i get to fly on this......UPDATE: I Survived!!!!

I've been joking around about taking one

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Wishnitwas1998

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if you are only used to jets you'll hate it.. you'll bounce around a lot.. things will make noises you aren't used to.. but you'll be fine

kinda like comparing the feeling of riding on a cruise ship to riding on a small boat on the ocean...

Anxiously awaiting an in-flight update...

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Commercial 737s are safe but shite like that is what people die in all the time.

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There are about 2,000 Caravans in service. They've been flying since 1984 and have seen 374 people die in 185 incidents.

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There have been 8,300 or so Boeing 737s built since 1967 with 4,860 people dying in 279 incidents.

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So, on average since each type's introduction,

737s average 5.9 fatal incidents killing 103 people each year.

Cessna Caravans average 6.1 fatal incidents killing 12 people each year.

Also, using the linked sources the chance of surviving a 737 accident where there was a fatality is 34%. The survival rate for a Caravan is 29%

You really aren't any safer in the 737. It just gives you a faster, quieter, and more comfortable ride.

If you're gonna compare risk, you can't compare the raw number of units. Risk increases the more you fly, so you would need to calculate flight hours/distance.

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most issues of safety in flight are dependent on the type of flight Visual Flight Rules (VFR) vs Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). VFR is inherently more risky because not everything is controlled (this is putting it all in the simplest sense). Many unaccounted variables in VFR flight.

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What? It has nothing to do with control. It has to do with flying in weather and flying by using your instruments when you can't see shite cause of, clouds, fog, snow, etc. if you have a VFR license you can't fly in weather where you can't see. If you have an IFR license you can.

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Wishnitwas1998

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HE LIVES