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You are comparing apples to oranges here. Flying in a commercial airplane 
is not implicitly dangerous, scuba diving is. When you get on an 
airplane, you do not prepare for possible death situations (I mean who 
listens to the flight attendants, anyways?). When you go scuba diving you 
prepare extensively for possible death situations. When you get on an 
airplane, you trust your life to the pilots. When you dive you trust your 
life to your own common sense and abilities. This is one area where 
initial scuba training falls short. Instruction is not designed to scare 
away or even intimidate the faint of heart. Not enough information is 
provided to the budding diver as to the manifold hazards assotiated with 
diving.


>How can you say that some things can not be measured in dollars.  
>
>Many years ago a friend of my brother's was on her way to California to
>attend medical school when the Delta jet she was traveling on crashed at
>the airport in Dallas.  She survived, but was left severely injured and
>physically and mentally disabled. This person had a very promising
>professional ahead of her.  Would you just say; oh well, thats life, she
>knew flying could be dangerous, she got on the plane, she took the risk,
>she is responsible for her actions.
>
>That position in my opinion is not based in reality. If someone is
>disabled due to another's negligence, a lawsuit is not always filed for
>"blood money".  Many times the award is needed by the victim to live the
>rest of their lives.
>
>I don't know the particulars, but if Wimley was killed by the boat
>operators negligence, should his wife and children be made to suffer due
>to someone else's negligence?
>
>Let's get real. 

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