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G UK · 10-05-2008, 20:12

Its accidents per fleet hour you need to look at.

Example,

A fleet of 1000 aircraft fly 10 hours each and 10 have accidents.

Thats 1 accident per 1000 hours

A fleet of 100 aircraft flies 1000 hours each and have 10 accidents.

Thats 1 accident per 10,000 hours

I think you would agree the second were in fact the safer planes.

Now those Nimrods will have had a huge amount of hours on them and would also have undergone rougher treatment than most civil planes being as though they are military.

Without knowing what hours they have flown I would guess there safety record would be at least on a par with many civil airliners.

10-05-2008, 20:12	#22
G UK Gibbering Idiot Join Date: May 2007 Location: NG17 Age: 25 Services: L TV, L BB, M Phone Posts: 232	Re: Nimrod enquiry due to report... Its accidents per fleet hour you need to look at. Example, A fleet of 1000 aircraft fly 10 hours each and 10 have accidents. Thats 1 accident per 1000 hours A fleet of 100 aircraft flies 1000 hours each and have 10 accidents. Thats 1 accident per 10,000 hours I think you would agree the second were in fact the safer planes. Now those Nimrods will have had a huge amount of hours on them and would also have undergone rougher treatment than most civil planes being as though they are military. Without knowing what hours they have flown I would guess there safety record would be at least on a par with many civil airliners. __________________ I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is. Terry Pratchett Last edited by G UK; 10-05-2008 at 20:13. Reason: Missed Word