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August 13th 07, 11:58 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Piloting is the second most dangerous occupation
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The BLS numbers are updated every year about this time.
The CNN article is just the usual breathless media hype with no
analysis of the data and an eye catching conclusion.
I didn't really see much in the way of hype in the article.
You also have to keep in mind that the total number of work-related
fatalities for the year was 5,702, which is everyone not in the
military, while the number of traffic deaths was 42,642.
So, on the average, you are about 7.5 times more likely go get
killed driving to and from the airport as you are flying.
You've completely overlooked the number of flights versus the number of car
trips. You can't really criticize CNN when you are so much more careless
yourself.
And, if you concider there are about 300,000,000 people in the US,
your chance of getting killed in traffic is about 1 in 7000.
See above. You're essentially pulling numbers out of a hat, even as you
criticize the news media for citing statistics.
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