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The most dangerous jobs in America
Occupations with the highest rate of fatal work injuries (deaths per 100,000 workers): 1. Fishers and related fishing workers: 116 2. Logging workers: 91.9 3. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers: 70.6 (msn.careerbuilder.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Well, it's like the last line in dmanuel's comment: "you come up with a number that distorts the danger, but makes headlines."
Clint605, keep in mind that there are also far more police officers and sheriffs than there are professional pilots. NYPD, LAPD and LACo Sheriff account for nearly 60,000 sworn law officers. There are only about 150,000 ATP's in the entire US.
I would have thought that the men & women who work on the flight decks of aircraft carriers would have been on the list.
Actually if there's 78 deaths in 2010, and 70.6 per 100,000 workers... that would mean there's 110,481 "aircraft pilots and flight engineers". Something doesn't quite add up.
Well, any way you look at it, what goes up will come down, whether controlled or uncontrolled. In most case, results are not that good when it comes down uncontrolled.
The key is reading the static. It is death per 100,000 workers. Well the number of active professional pilots and flight engineers is nowhere near 100,000. If we look at aerobatic demo, military, flight test, cargo and I suspect any pilot holding a commercial ticket etc pilot, who has suffered an untimely demise, we get a better handle of the data. Extrapolate the actual number of professional pilots and flight engineers out to 100,000 workers. Then apply this logic to the number of deaths and you come up with a number that distorts the danger, but makes headlines.