Sunday, November 30, 2014
By Steve Straehley
What’s your life worth?
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), if you fly in a
private plane, you’re worth only $1 million.
Post-crash fires in small
airplanes have killed at least 600 people since 1993, according to an
investigation of small-plane safety by USA Today. Many of the victims
had no broken bones or internal injuries, but succumbed to fire or its
effects. But when the FAA tried in 1990 to impose new safety standards
that would keep small planes from leaking fuel that causes the fires,
manufacturers fought back. In response, the FAA determined the $1
million figure, which would mean the costs of making the planes safe
would outweigh the benefits. The cost per plane would have been between
$556 and $5,710, according to USA Today’s investigation.
Other
agencies have different, mostly higher, valuations on human lives. The
Environmental Protection Agency values lives at $3.3 million and the
Department of Transportation says a human is worth $9.1 million.
Read more here: http://www.allgov.com
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