Pilots Considered "One of Most Dangerous Jobs"

This is already posted on here somewhere...

Can't remember the subject line though.
 
Why are you surprised? The data lumps all pilots-for-hire together. Hence, when two news helicopters mid-air, the mortality rate skews upward for the entire industry.

The study would have been more valid if they broke it out by types of operations.
 
Velocipede said:
The study would have been more valid if they broke it out by types of operations.
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But then they'd have to breakdown the different types of fisherman (lobster trapper, fishing guide, etc.) and firemen (residential, forest fire commandos, volunteer, etc.)

MR.
 
Sounds about right. Lots of non 121 jobs can be dangerous. It's really a testament to the high standards of our air transport system and the professionalism of those who run it on the front lines (pilots, mechanics, ATC, flight attendants, etc) that something one would logically infer is very dangerous (the airlines) is the safest way to get around and is not as dangerous as other types of flying and certainly other types of transport.
 
"Weather often plays a factor with clouds and fog-hindering navigation"

I hate it when Fog hinders my navigating!
 
Management, poor hotels, bad diet, caffeine, odd hours, and dealing with average joe everyday adds up :)
 
I don't see how something like being a taxi driver, who spends all day driving the crazy streets, isn't more dangerous that being a pilot.
 
planejay said:
I don't see how something like being a taxi driver, who spends all day driving the crazy streets, isn't more dangerous that being a pilot.
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Because if you get in a crash in a taxi, odds are good you'll survive it.

Crash in an airplane, even a light single, and the odds are not as good.
 
What I find interesting is how policemen, firemen, linemen and loggers are all eager to tell you how dangerous their jobs are, but pilots deny how dangerous their job is.
 
Seems to me that agricultural pilots certainly contribute to the "dangerous job" statistics since their mortality rate is like 99.9 percent. Every Ag pilot I have ever know has been killed doing what they do.
 
calcapt said:
Seems to me that agricultural pilots certainly contribute to the "dangerous job" statistics since their mortality rate is like 99.9 percent. Every Ag pilot I have ever know has been killed doing what they do.
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I hate to break it to you. The mortality rate for airline pilots is still 100%.
 
mrambo said:
Like most (99%) of bike riders drop their bikes.

MR
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It comes with the territory. I wouldn't call it unsafe work. I know people who do it. I even looked at doing that type of flying myself. It is really hard to get into the field though. There is usually atleast one mortality in the Mississippi Delta a year where the pilot was doing agricultural applications. Flight into high tension lines extending antennas is usually the cause.
 
flyover said:
I hate to break it to you. The mortality rate for airline pilots is still 100%.
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Obviously, I was striving for a bit of exaggeration license on my 99.9 percent mortality rate with Ag pilots. I simply wanted to indicate that a lot of Ag pilots have fatal accidents. As you may already know, mortality rate is typically expressed in units of deaths per 1000 individuals per year. It is a per unit time expression.

Can you break it to me a little more clearly?

You are suggesting that 100 percent of airline pilots die each year, or over a very specific period of time? .........I didn't think so.

What I think you meant is that all airline pilots are mortal which is of course correct.

I don't mind a clever retort, you just need to be accurate with your rebukes.
 
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