Mr. Rhyner, What is your source for your "Pilot error 90% of the time"? And the source for "pilots make the most basic mistakes"  and "pilots take too many risks in Alaska"? Are you an aviation expert? Are you a trained pilot? Because it doesn't sound like it. Do you have any inkling as to how much training is involved to become a pilot? I'm going to assume you have no pilots friends as they hang with intelligent people. Your irresponsible statements show blatant and reckless disregard for facts. I would rather be in the air flying any day over driving because the fact is, there is a 1 in 5,000 chance of being killed in a car crash VS.  a 1 in 11,000,000 chance of being killed in a plane crash. Source: ABC News, Airlines.org, Associated Press, Discovery, Entertainment Weekly, National Geographic, Slate, USA Today.  If you really cared about people, you would not state your reckless and worthless opinions. At all. They are hurtful to the families and friends of those who perished.