Did you Know, how crowded our sky is>>>?

Question

The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour is:

61,000

Does this fact increase your confidence in the Airline Industry or make you more leary of flying?

Answer 1

I've never let fear run my life.

And I'm a pilot, so yes, I've heard those types of statistics.  I might be one of them on any given day...

My confidence is in something other than the airline industry..

Answer 2

wow. no i didnt know thx for the great advice. i gave u a star!

Answer 3

Try comparing that number to the number of people behind the wheel of an automobile in any given hour.  The pilots of an aircraft go through a lot more training than the average auto driver.  And the pilots have strict regulations that they absolutely have to adhere to in order to keep their licenses.  Auto drivers break the laws all the time whether they are speeding, following to close, not using signals, running lights.  

Personally, I don't like being cargo in a plane.  And as a passenger, that is precisely what you are.  However, I don't feel much safer in a car.  But regardless of the safety factor, it is a part of life.  It is a risk that has to be taken in our commuter age.

Answer 4

makes me wonder why im not in that number.

Answer 5

I fly out of kolv close to Memphis. I see a lot planes close to the airport and in the class bravo airspace, but hardly see any away from there. But I always fly VFR below 9,000.

Answer 6

no.

Answer 7

That's nothing.  

If there are 50 states, this averages to

only 1220 people airborne over each state each hour.

If each commercial airline carries around 200 people... that's only 6 or 7 planes flying over a given state per hour....

Hard to see a problem.

Answer 8

it wouldn't make me more nervous.. the planes don't run into each other.

Answer 9

um   yes

Answer 10

it doesn't affect it. i've been on at least 100 or 200 flights so far and none have crashed

Answer 11

meh, that's not that much

Answer 12

Not that many people at my airport.  I fly out of a country airport and can fly without seeing another airplane (yes I do fly with my eyes open - sometimes).

Answer 13

do you know how big our sky is????

Answer 14

i didnt know..

Answer 15

wow

not as crowded as this earth though

Answer 16

Did you know that planes don't just all fly at the same level? There are separate flyways and jetways spaced vertically all the way up to the stratosphere. Don't sweat it.

Answer 17

It does nothing for me,Im still dying to fly!