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The Twitter guy must have missed the MEMO -   

Almost missed this one myself but just prior to the bureau boys-n-gals knocking off for Xmas a very important (IMO) research report was released by Dr Godfrey's crew: Aviation safety—a 10-year snap shot - ATSB research report AR-2015-082.

Here is a fairly disturbing admission from the summary off the 'Newsroom' webpage:

General aviation accidents remains too high

General aviation experienced 149 accidents in 2014 (the highest in 10 years), 11 of which were fatal (the lowest in 10 years) and another 15 resulted in serious injuries. These accidents led to 17 fatalities and 20 serious injuries. General aviation aircraft were involved in 118 serious incidents in 2014. In 2013 – the last year with available activity data – the general aviation accident rate per departure was almost five times that of commercial air transport. The year 2013 saw a significant decrease in the accident rate compared with the previous 6 years. However, the fatal accident rate was consistent with the 10-year average. Aerial agriculture, followed by private and sport aviation had the highest general aviation accidents rates, while flying training had the lowest. 

The part in red bold is even more disturbing when you consider some of the stats in this post - HERE - & in the BITRE stats - HERE - as it becomes quite obvious that the GA industry continues to be in serious decline.


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