The pilots are highly trained and skilled, the planes are maintained to an incredible level, vigilance and inspection by regulatory bodies is extremely strict, and ATC personnel do a fantastic job. Yes there are always examples where the chain has failed, but compared to motoring these are rare. Pilots have saved countless planes from impending disaster by their skill and quick thinking in emergencies - I'd trust them with my safety in the air. Andrew, UK The Airbus is not safe. It is the high time that the Americans and the Europeans stops taking the rest of the world as fools.
Time has to change because the rest of the world is now waking up too.
James Wewa, Kenya Relatively speaking, air transport is the safest because, given the world wide ratio of cars to aircraft, we see more cars involved in mishaps than aircraft. Secondly, the amount of money invested in procuring aircraft guarantees a sense of understanding that safety devices are incorporated in the machines. The Kenya Airways accident is a blot on an otherwise perfect record since 1977. England As as ex-Flight Stewardess of 16 years, I know that flying is the safest mode of travel, however, I am not so keen on the new aircraft that have only 2 engines, only 2 in the Flight Deck and the inability to override the computer. Aircraft never dropped out of the sky on take-off in my 16 years, although there were plenty of other types of accident.