<p>Based on current circumstances; the Navy was a MUCH more dangerous service 60 years ago.
How many sub deaths (U.S.) have been recorded in the last twenty years? Compared, for example, to some other communities.
Certainly still possible but the high standards required of the equipment and the personnel have certainly lessened, not the threat, but eh probability of a loss.
This does not lessen the value of the service, just an acknowledgment of facts. Theoretically, commercial air travel is very dangerous.</p>