Do you know much about this actor?

Her name is Carole Lombard and she was the wife of Clark Gable. She was killed in a plane crash aged just thirty four!

I admit, here aged thirty, I do worry about airplanes, flying in those aluminium tubes, and safety. Statistics show air transport is the safest but there is little chance of surviving an airplane accident/crash!

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Heartlander

While flying may be safer with a "per mile" comparison between airplanes to autos, it's not so when comparing the two on a "per hour" comparison.

It's why life insurance policies generally have an exclusion clause for when operating as an aircraft crew member,

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@Heartlander I think a crew member is in the air a heck of a lot longer than an average person. I wasn't actually aware though their insurance was higher.

Heartlander

@samueltyler2 Oh yea, airline type crew members generally spend 75 to 80 hours per month in or around airplanes. Also non-airline type flying is generally riskier, like crop dusting, and military aviation.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@Heartlander there is some interesting data regarding some forms of cancers in flight crews. there is less protection from radiation at 35k feet or more.

Heartlander

@samueltyler2 Thanks. It will probably take decades before we know all the physiological affects related to flying, especially with the ever changing technology that lets us fly higher and longer, and in what seems like tighter and tighter cramped space. Newer, long range airline planes are cruising above 40 thousand feet. The SR-71 above 75 thousand. Also prolonged exposure to the sun when westbound.