RE: unreported pre-Tokaimura industrial fatality

["Bradshaw, Keith" <Keith.Bradshaw@nnc.co.uk>]

<CUT>
> Of course the reason why these incidents are kept confidential is
> the company's fear of scaring away their airline customers. Here's another
> sharp contrast with the nuclear industry. But its really the drastic
> difference in media coverage, IMHO, that makes all the difference, and
> that
> needs to be addressed in some way(s).
	<CUT>

	Slightly off topic this.  The public still perceives air travel as
the safest mode of transport- 'the most dangerous part of your journey is
the drive to the airport' and all that.  But if you work out the figures per
passenger JOURNEY rather than per passenger MILE, air transport turns out
the second most hazardous after the motorcycle.  Car transport per journey
is far safer than air travel on this basis.  The air travel sector does have
this ultimate safety image, in contrast to the nuclear industry.  How did
they manage this?

	Standard disclaimers apply.


	Regards

	keith.bradshaw@nnc.co.uk






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