I've been in aviation since 1981 and spent the 2000s in civvie aviation.
2017, worldwide, there were zero airliner hull losses.
All aviation in the industrialised world is on a continuous improvement programme.
Safety is paramount at all times.
Audits are regular and encompass all aspects of any company involved in aviation.
I can't be bothered to find the graphs to show this, but since 1950, the exponential curve of the increase in passenger flying hours has been echoed by a correspond curve showing a drop in incidents.
Ref. The Air France crash in the Atlantic. That has been analysed and dealt with. Unlikely to happen again.
Arye, do you have any stats to show an increase in aircraft accidents since the spread of LCAs in the 1990s? And would you be happy to pay, say, 5 to 10 times the current ticket prices to have the world's best pilot on every single flight?