"Michael" wrote in message
ups.com...
Scroll down to the bottom -- "aircraft pilot" is listed as the
second-most-dangerous job!

Most of that doesn't come from the airlines, though. Airline flying is
pretty safe.

Airline pilots do have a lower occupational fatality rate (by a factor of
three) than professional pilots in general. But the occupational fatality
rate for airline pilots is still seven times as high as the US average for
all occupations; the rate for airline pilots is slightly higher than the
rate for truck drivers.
Sources:
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_481000.htm#(1)
http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0003.pdf
http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cftb0201.pdf

--Gary