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  • This all assumes US/FAA.

    This is surprisingly hard to quantify. The commonly repeated statistic is that general aviation is about as safe as riding a motorcycle.

    One of the huge emphasis areas these days is called Aeronautical Decision Making - which is essentially making good, safe decisions. You’ll start learning that (or should at least) day one when you look at the weather and make the decision “is it safe to fly today or not”.

    If you’re interested in this stuff give yourself the gift of an “intro flight”. Most schools will offer them. You’ll be in the left seat with an instructor in the right seat. You’ll get maybe 30, 45 min flying around to get a feel for flying a small plane in the general aviation world. There is no commitment but be careful because there really is nothing else like it.

    And funny enough - there are a bunch of pilots afraid of heights but have no problems flying.