Guys take Delta when you can . Do not be bothered by a delay. You are alive that is what is important. Many others would trade places. Fly Delta when you can A-1 always. Remember a pilot told you so. Another good idea buy some stock when they come out of BR . You will make $$$.

Airline Accident Rates
There are many factors that contribute to the safety rating of an airline including, but not limited to, accident history, maintenance and operational procedures, types of training programs, age of fleet, management, and specific routes flown. In addition, many accidents are caused by circumstances beyond the control of the airline, including, operations and instrumentation at airports, Air Traffic Controller errors, collisions with other aircraft that are at fault, sabotage, manufacturer's design flaws, weather or just plain bad luck. Even if all factors could be factored in, an airline accident is such a rare event that a valid safety rating would be difficult. Accidents are extremely rare, with the probability of a passenger being killed on a single flight at approximately eight million-to-one. If a passenger boarded a flight at random, once a day, everyday, it would be approximately 22,000 years before he or she would be killed.

The accident rates below are based on only three basic parameters. The number of flights, the number of fatal accidents and the fatality rate of those accidents.

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Data for 1986 - 2006
NORTH AMERICA

Regional
Rank
Airline Last
Accident Million
Flights Fatal
Events Adj. Fatal
Event Accident
Rate Overall
Rank
1 - 87
1 Delta Airlines 1996 17.51 3 0.39 -7.96 1
2 Southwest Airlines - 14.16 0 0 -6.75 2
3 American Airlines 2001 17.41 5 4.06 -4.24 3
4 Continental Airlines/Cont. Exp. 1991 11.82 3 1.85 -3.79 4
5 United Airlines 2001 14.70 6 3.42 -3.59 5
6 US Airways 1994 13.88 4 3.22 -3.40 6
7 Northwest Airlines 1993 11.36 4 2.61 -2.81 7
8 America West Airlines - 4.24 0 0 -2.02 10
9 United Express 1996 9.21 3 2.50 -1.92 11
10 Air Canada (1983) 4.02 0 0 -1.92 12
11 Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air 2000 5.50 1 1 -1.62 16
12 American Eagle 1994 11.19 4 3.72 -1.62 17
13 Hawaiian Airlines - 1.40 0 0 -0.67 26
13 USAir Shuttle - 0.79 0 0 -0.38 36
15 Comair 2006 4.91 1 1 -0.34 37
16 Midwest Express Airlines (1985) 0.68 0 0 0.33 38
17 American Trans Air - 0.55 0 0 -0.26 43
18 JetBlue Airlines - 0.51 0 0 -0.24 44
19 AirTran Airways 1996 1.32 1 1 0.37 71
20 Aloha Airlines 1989 1.28 1 1 0.39 72

I guess technically they haven't had a passenger fatality, but .....

The accident rates below are based on only three basic parameters. The number of flights, the number of fatal accidents
and the fatality rate of those accidents.