"Judah" wrote in message
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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.


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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