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March 23, 2017 – 10:00AM
Written by: Captain David Koch
Private Jets Are Safer Than You Think: By The Numbers
“I don’t fly on little airplanes because they’re not safe.” I hear this a lot when I engage people in a conversation about private-jet flying. These are declarative statements used to express beliefs about flying on aircraft other than commercial airliners. They are mistaken if they’re talking about private jets that are operated properly. In fact, the fractional-ownership segment of the private-jet industry (i.e., NetJets, Flexjet, Flight Options) has never had a fatal accident.
Surprised? Let’s take a look at some of the numbers below.
Accident Numbers for Private Jets and Commercial Airlines*
The U.S. Department of Transportation uses the yardstick of 100,000-hours-flown to measure accidents in the aviation industry. During a recent year, the accident rate for scheduled commercial airlines like United, American, Delta and Southwest was 0.16.
Flights under a “corporate” designation had an accident rate of 0.07. That’s better than the commercial airline rate! Corporate aircraft are owned by a corporation or individual and is flown by a two-person, professional crew.
For flights conducted under the “business” category, the accident rate was 0.79. Business flights do not require a professional crew, That’s still very low when you consider the overall accident rate for all general aviation was 6.78. General aviation is all flying other than airline and military.
*Data retrieved from the U.S. Department of Transportation
Professionally Trained Staff Makes for Safer Air Travel
It comes down to how the jet aircraft are operated. Industry best practices that achieve low accident rates, mostly 0.00, include:
- Professionally run Safety Management System,
- Cockpit-resource-management training
- Flight team that is dedicated to doing things right
To achieve the highest possible level of flight-operations safety, AirChicago has embraced these industry best practices and several more. When you travel on an AirChicago flight, the most dangerous part of your journey will be the drive to-and-from the airport.
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