06-30-2009, 11:35 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by Fobulous
Yeah both crashed in the last month were Airbus planes...
I realize flying is one of the safest ways to travel but with these two crashes in the past month it kind of makes me nervous.
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On an average day, air traffic controllers handle 28,537 commercial flights (major and regional airlines), 27,178 general aviation flights (private planes), 24,548 air taxi flights (planes for hire), 5,260 military flights and 2,148 air cargo flights (Federal Express, UPS, etc.). At any given moment, roughly 5,000 planes are in the skies above the United States. In one year, controllers handle an average of 64 million takeoffs and landings
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http://www.natca.org/mediacenter/bythenumbers.msp
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