To an average air traveller, the importance of aviation safety is rarely recognized in conscious thought, we usually only consider aspects of safety when some horrific accident occurs. But on a daily basis, on thousands of commercial and military flights, the lives of countless passengers are dependent upon the implementation of safety regulations adopted to protect the public’s interest.

The implications of aviation safety not only save lives while people travel through the air but ensure the safety of everyone going about their daily business on the ground as well.

An airplane crash into a large metropolitan area that is densely populated would most assuredly result in countless ground fatalities, and in retrospect, it is amazing that those types of incidents are so few in number.