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"We agree with the National Transportation Safety Board – 450 deaths a year in general aviation accidents is too many. One is too many. The Air Safety institute looks forward to working with the FAA, industry, and pilots in practical ways to address this, but broad generalizations are, essentially, just that.

"There is an understandable tendency to compare GA with the airlines but in most cases, GA flight operations are different in so many ways that the comparison is meaningless. General aviation is too diverse, with too many differing skill levels, aircraft and types of operations to take such a monolithic view. And there is still room for improvement in training, equipment, air traffic control procedures and weather dissemination.

"The GA community will be better served by targeting specific educational opportunities, as the NTSB did recently. They recommended that our organization develop educational tools to help GA pilots instruct their passengers on emergency procedures such as using the radios and getting out of the aircraft. The Air Safety Institute is already in production on that educational program and plans to roll it out later this summer."