[OT]: Planes safer than cars?

[JoeHill]

Scott Elcomb wrote: 

> Flying in the face of conventional wisdom - and partially relevant to
> the thread "Geek woman news story of possible interest..."[1] is this
> CNN article:
> 
> "NASA refuses to disclose air safety survey"
> http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/10/22/nasa.air.safety.ap/index.html
> 
> While this isn't related to terrorism, I still think it has some
> repercussions as regards to the general usage of aircraft for transit.
>  In particular, this quote scares the crap outta me[2]:
> 
> 'A senior NASA official, associate administrator Thomas S. Luedtke,
> said revealing the findings could damage the public's confidence in
> airlines and affect airline profits. Luedtke acknowledged that the
> survey results "present a comprehensive picture of certain aspects of
> the U.S. commercial aviation industry."'

Gee, I thought that capitalism encouraged the free exchange of ideas ;)

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