In the U.S., regional airlines have been involved in five of the seven fatal accidents on scheduled airline flights in the past 10 years, according to National Transportation Safety Board records.
A nonscheduled airline or cargo plane.
By contrast, scheduled airlines fare much better - 11% of travellers are deterred from scheduled airlines by bad mannered passengers and 15% by noisy children.
Once there were regularly scheduled airlines, it became impractical to make a business trip by ocean liner.
