Termyn8or
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Willow, you might be having one of those moments.
I will draw an analogy here, and then explain it. A buddy of mine kept on commenting on how much the number 13 came up in his life. I almost had to beat it out of him, but what I said was "You see it because it is what you are looking for, take the next week or two and watch for the number twelve".
The point is that one must make their own judgement not only as to truth and the faith placed in such numbers, but to their revelance as well.
That may have not been the best analogy, but this is still the point.
If you go looking for rock stars and celebrities, of which pro sport players are, you will find very few incidents where they are killed in an aircraft, indeed. But when you compare that to the overall death rate of people who fly, the numbers do not differ all that much.
It is true what they say, in the context of having a crash or injury or death, that traveling by plane is safer than traveling by automobile, at least down here in the states.
Consider in 59 when five or six great pioneers of rock and roll were lost. When Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper and a few others died in a plane crash. There were also a few others on that plane.
Then the Marshall team. Count them all up and then think of it this way, how many other people, not celebs in any way shape or form. Not politicians even, just regular folk. How many of them died ? Not many, and that is my point. What percentageof the population died as a result of a plane crash, then what percentage of regular people do ? Barring a hijacking or a terrorist act very few. It happens, but when you are looking for something, sometimes you find.
But if you care to argue, realistically, pro sports people, politicians and celebs do travel more than your usual Joe, or Jane. If you think the numbers are skewed you might have to crunch them. I doubt figures exist anywhere to lend support to your claim, and I also doubt they exist to discredit it.
Actually it could be true for less sinister reasons, that the elite have the money to choose their airlines. If they can pay 700 for a ticket while the rest of us take another flight for 300, well that could explain a few things.
And when it gets back to money I tend to think I am on the right track.
I'll slip the grain of salt under the door.
T
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