Piloting is the second most dangerous occupation

On Aug 11, 4:27 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
According to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and CNN, being
a pilot is the second most dangerous occupation in the country (being a
fisherman is in first place).

Interesting that you elected not to include a link to the actual
findings.

-Robert

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

According to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and CNN,
being a pilot is the second most dangerous occupation in the country
(being a fisherman is in first place).

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on page 5 of the report he

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf

"Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers" appears second on a list of "Selected
Occupations with high fatality rates, 2006", having 87.8 fatalities per
100,000 employed, and 101 total fatalities in 2006.

The list does not specify that being a pilot is the second most dangerous
occupation in the country. That was editorialized by the CNN reporter.

Judah wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
:

According to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and CNN,
being a pilot is the second most dangerous occupation in the country
(being a fisherman is in first place).

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on page 5 of the report he

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf

"Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers" appears second on a list of "Selected
Occupations with high fatality rates, 2006", having 87.8 fatalities per
100,000 employed, and 101 total fatalities in 2006.

The list does not specify that being a pilot is the second most dangerous
occupation in the country. That was editorialized by the CNN reporter.

And if you go to http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cftb0219.pdf on
page 14 you find a breakdown:

Airling pilots, copilots, and flight engineers 26
Commercial pilots 75

Guess which sub-part includes crop dusters and fire fighters.

On page 4 of the report you reference, the most dangerous occupation
by industry sector is agriculture in terms of fatalities per 100,000.



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Mxsmanic wrote in
:

According to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and CNN,
being a pilot is the second most dangerous occupation in the country
(being a fisherman is in first place).

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on page 5 of the report he

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf

"Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers" appears second on a list of
"Selected
Occupations with high fatality rates, 2006", having 87.8 fatalities per
100,000 employed, and 101 total fatalities in 2006.

The list does not specify that being a pilot is the second most dangerous
occupation in the country. That was editorialized by the CNN reporter.


Yet another case of a misinterpretation of statisitics...

If you look further in the document, you'll see that there are 101 deaths
listed under "air transportation worker." I have a feeling that "flight
engineer" includes such people as baggage handlers. If you look at the
definitions of the way they include people in this census, the person must
have been employed at the time of the fatality. I mean, come on, they have
3 of the 15 "computer specialists" dying on the highway. Must be geeksquad
guys getting in accidents. Not only that, but they include 13% of the
deaths as violent (homicide... and even suicides.) Are you telling me that
because a bunch of dimwits kill themselves on the job, the job itself is
dangerous?

Not going to state the obvious about the person initiating the thread....

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On page 4 of the report you reference, the most dangerous occupation
by industry sector is agriculture in terms of fatalities per 100,000.

Damn. No wonder the Flying Farmers died out as an organization...

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Jay Honeck wrote:
On page 4 of the report you reference, the most dangerous occupation
by industry sector is agriculture in terms of fatalities per 100,000.

Damn. No wonder the Flying Farmers died out as an organization...

Just imagine what the fatality rate must be for pilots at fish farms...

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On Aug 11, 6:38 pm, Marty Shapiro
wrote:
"Viperdoc" wrote :

Anthony will never be a pilot, but he certainly is an idiot. They may
not be mutually exclusive, but for him it is more than adequate just
being an idiot.

Viperdoc -

There is a picture of Anthony athttp://tinyurl.com/58wun
I think the obvious medical condition depicted explains his assinine
statements in this forum. What is the correct medical term for this
condition?

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2) Cranal Anal Inversion

Jay Beckman
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On Aug 11, 10:15 pm, wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
On page 4 of the report you reference, the most dangerous occupation
by industry sector is agriculture in terms of fatalities per 100,000.
Damn. No wonder the Flying Farmers died out as an organization...

Just imagine what the fatality rate must be for pilots at fish farms...

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Not to mention Pilots at Fish Farms that are burning...

Jay B

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On Aug 11, 6:38 pm, Marty Shapiro
wrote:
"Viperdoc" wrote
:

Anthony will never be a pilot, but he certainly is an idiot. They
may not be mutually exclusive, but for him it is more than adequate
just being an idiot.

Viperdoc -

There is a picture of Anthony athttp://tinyurl.com/58wun
I think the obvious medical condition depicted explains his assinine
statements in this forum. What is the correct medical term for this
condition?

--
Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

There are two of which I'm awa

1) Optical Rectumitus
2) Cranal Anal Inversion

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ
www.pbase.com/flyingphotog



Thanks!

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Robert M. Gary writes:

Interesting that you elected not to include a link to the actual
findings.

The CNN article didn't provide one, as far as I could tell.