Yes, of course you are right I think, and it is entirely possible that a well designed drone flight system could be statistically less likely to cause a loss- of- life crash than the average helicopter suffering a power loss. While the idea is simple and mechanically it all works fine, statistically helicopters have a nasty crash rate after suffering a loss of power (again, pilot skill and immediate and correct reaction is absolutely critical for a successful, safe landing using auto rotation).
But the emotional response remains; a helicopter has a perfectly sound way of landing without any power at all while a drone in the same state is going to do its impression of a rock. This does not make what you say any less true or correct but it does tug at the ole' fear strings. At least mine. :-) Supposedly, the fear of falling is the only fear a human is born with, all the rest are learned. And I am happy to report my own fear of falling is intact and working great, exactly as my designer intended (whoever or whatever one believes is the 'designer').
All of which reminds me of a joke. OFFTOPIC: Two guys, Sam and Larry, run into each other and get to talking. They grew up together and are friends but had not seen each other for a long time, so of course the question of what each of them was doing comes up:
Larry: I am training to be a lion tamer.
Sam: Isn't that really dangerous?
Larry: Na. They give me a chair and a whip to handle the lion.
Sam: What if the lion gets mad and breaks that chair and is not afraid of the whip?
Larry: No problem: they give me a pistol just in case that happens.
Sam: What if that piston don't fire? What then?
Larry: Well, I will just reach down, pick up some $h!t and throw it in the lion's eyes and run out of the training ring.
Sam: What if there ain't no $h!t?
Larry: Oh, there will be $h!t, lordy yes, there will be $h!t!
So maybe that would be how a drone crash with a human inside it would work: there might just be enough $h!t to cushion the landing?
Brian
What if (big IF I know) statistics show that chance of total power failure in an electric drone is still less than some other fatal mechanical failure of a conventional helicopter? No doubt a LOT more research and testing needs to be done but I think some day these will be more reliable statistically than a helicopter.