[andyburke]

^^ this.

Southwest has one of the best, if not the best, safety records of all major air carriers.

[Symbiote]

The point is that Ryanair is the best.

They are smaller than Southwest on most (not all) metrics, but in the same ballpark.

Their only accident is a bird strike causing 8 minor injuries.

[perl4ever]

How can you say an airline that is 35 years old is clearly better than one that is 52 years old based on total anything?