Judah wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
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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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Jim Pennino

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