Ray LaHood Quotes

I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request permission to do that.

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane. I am considerate of the risk we take every time we fly. I also know we need to fly and always to improve safety.

We’ve got to get the bad operators out of business so that the good operators can be rewarded for investing in safety.

Pilots are not the threat.

When you design it, think how you would feel if you had to fly it! Safety first!

In any aircraft you fly, you always think about what can go wrong, and you plan for it in advance. You always have back-up plans.

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.

People put themselves in difficult situations in lots of different areas. What you count on is people taking every precaution. The aerospace industry is unique in this aspect because a thousandths-of-an-inch mistake can cause spectacular failures.

I fly an aeroplane, and I think a lot about how much I do not want ever to run into an optimistic air traffic controller. I just don't. I want a guy down there who's just waiting for the worst crash possible and petrified that it's going to happen on his watch. And then I feel safe flying into his territory.

Safety is number one at Uber... so we make sure the system is in place so riders get the safest ride possible.

As a military pilot and a test pilot, handling unusual situations and aircraft malfunctions was part of the business.

I never did get hit, and neither did any of the leaders that I flew wing for.

Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it.

I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit.

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.

Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.

Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you're up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly.

Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.

It's very important to know that we packed it right because it is a safety issue for coming home.

No aeroplane you've ever gotten into had less than thousands of flights before they took their first passenger. Because vehicles are unsafe at first.

When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.

If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather!

I myself, as well as Toyota, am not perfect. I, more than anyone, wish for our customers' cars to be safe.

Despite living in this post-9/11 age of transnational terrorism, the risk of death during air travel has plummeted to the point where we now measure it in the 'per billions' of passengers.