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    Stephen of Australia

    July 11, 2016

    I query your methodology when you show Singapore Airlines – with two very large recent pilot driven fatal events (Taiwan, pilot error, and Indonesia, wholly owned subsidiary, Silk Air – likely pilot suicide/mass murder). Pandering to airlines who hive off their riskier low cost routes into wholly owned subsidiaries makes your ranking meaningless. Please bundle together wholly owned subsidiaries and place a higher risk factor on clearly avoidable incidents.

    Editors' Comment

    These events, whilst tragic are not recent (1998 and 1997) and they certainly don't impact on the safety ratings of the airline as it is today. Airline and indeed airport protocols change - especially in response to accidents and this is why we allow 10 years for an airline to change its culture and practice following an accident. Industry standards suggest 5 years but to be extra safe we choose 10. We don't agree with the comment about low cost carriers operating on less safe routes - this is absolutely not the case.