What does probability mean in your profession?

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http://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015/09/23/what-does-probability-mean-in-your-profession/

[trof]

1. There is very little, if any, 'probability' in aviation.

We do not operate on 'probable' results.

[PoliticAverse]

2. There is a lot of probability involved in aviation, which is why commercial aviation is so safe. n/t

[struggle4progress]

3. I was sure y'all kept a big statistical reference book in the cockpit:

"Two out of three pilots who try this maneuver survive"

"If you do this, there is an 80% chance the FAA will blame your crash on pilot error"

and so on

[GummyBearz]

4. Then there should be 0 plane crashes

Since nothing unexpected can ever happen...

[Thor_MN]

5. This windscreen might stand up to a hummingbird strike,

this one might survive an ostrich strike, this first weighs 3 lbs., the second weighs 800 lbs. Should we pick something in between, maybe, or go with one of these?

I don't know, screw it, pick one, there's no probability in aviation.

[hunter]

6. Captain Kirk and Hans Solo are twins.

Reminds me of my grandma and her sister.

My grandma was Kirk. Always proud and noble, even when she was breaking the rules, but never so far as to be dishonorably discharged from polite society. My grandma died too young.

Her sister was Hans Solo. A "bad girl" in many ways. She always shot the bad guy first, even if she was married to him. She lived more than a century telling many fine and increasingly ribald stories up until her very last days.

One of the last times I saw her was in an altercation with a hospice nurse, my great aunt wearing nothing more than an open robe, and sitting on the toilet.

As some kind of foolish hero I entered the throne room hoping to intervene before any blood was spilled.

The hospice nurse was horrified.

My great aunt spat, "He's not the first man who's seen me naked."