Majors v. Regionals accident ratio comparison

[BigPappa]

Who has had more accidents in the last 20 yrs? Was it the Majors or the Regionals?
Anyone?

 

[whymeworry?]

Typically speaking, Regionals are exposed to critical phases of flight more often than majors so that needs to be taken into account when commenting. Most accidents happen in the t/o or ldg phase of the flight.

 

[BigPappa]

I know that there are some smart people on here who can give some good insight. I say just compare 1 to 1 as in for one flight at the regionals to one flight at the majors.

 

[Bill Nelson]

what is the point of the question? SWA has more t/o and landings than any other. Do you want to look at that as well? Dumb thread.

 

[BigPappa]

Bill if you don't have an answer then please don't respond, thank you!
Bye bye

 

[foreverfo]

Typically speaking, Regionals are exposed to critical phases of flight more often than majors so that needs to be taken into account when commenting. Most accidents happen in the t/o or ldg phase of the flight.

But if you look over a time span of 20 years, regionals just started getting big in the late 90's early 2000's...it seems that USAir was making a bad habit of crashing in the 90's.

 

[Jetpipeovht]

Who gives a sh*t? dumb thread.

 

[crashpad]

For the record:
Accident rates are roughly double at the feeders compared to the majors.

 

[DrunkIrishman]

For the record:
Accident rates are roughly double at the feeders compared to the majors.

That's because we say the word "dude" on the CVR at a significantly higher rate at the regionals than do the majors.

 

[mamba20]

For the record:
Accident rates are roughly double at the feeders compared to the majors.

And the reason for it was stated above. Regionals do a lot more flying during a critical stage of flight then the majors do.

I'm sure the fact that there are some regional FO's that carry backpacks (although I am starting to see some seriously old US Air guys using them) and have spiky hair. I bet that really contributes to the accident rate. I bet if we all dressed and looked like poindexters there wouldn't be a single accident ever.