US airlines operating scheduled passenger flights under FAR Part 121 had no fatal accidents in 2010, the 3rd year out of 4 with zero fatalities. This level of safety is

Partly owing to luck; consistently having years with zero fatalities is unrealistic.
29% (107 votes)
A testimony to the success of FAA's safety oversight and will continue in most years going forward.
16% (61 votes)
Misleading; there were freighter crashes in each of the last two years and Colgan Air crash in 2009; improvement is necessary.
55% (202 votes)
Total votes: 370

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