Piloting is the second most dangerous occupation

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Dudley Henriques writes:

Well.......I'll tell ya; those "buses with wings" require a wee bit
of talent to fly on occasion.

On increasingly rare occasions. Commercial pilots in the U.S. train a
great deal for events that are more and more unlikely to happen.


shows what you know.

Last week I had two serious tech probs on an otherwise quite decent
airplane all in one flight. Added to absolutely crap Wx at destination with
holds, alternates going otu.

all part of the fun in CB season.

IOW you have no idea what you're talking about.




Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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writes:

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.




Bwawhawhahwhhahwhahwhahhwha!

You pull everythign out of your ass, bankruptcy boi

Bertie

Pilots are paid to handle the normal aspects of flight, but these aspects
are
increasingly automated.

I wonder how it is that presumes to tell pilots about what pilots are paid
to handle when he's not a pilot himself.

The key point is that a high level of skill is less and less necessary
when
flying under normal conditions, and this encourages employers to pay less
and
less for pilots.

LOL! I'd ask him to support this with something, but he wouldn't if he
could.

-c

On Aug 14, 2:15 pm, "Gattman" wrote:
Pilots are paid to handle the normal aspects of flight, but these aspects
are
increasingly automated.

I wonder how it is that presumes to tell pilots about what pilots are paid
to handle when he's not a pilot himself.

The key point is that a high level of skill is less and less necessary
when
flying under normal conditions, and this encourages employers to pay less
and
less for pilots.

LOL! I'd ask him to support this with something, but he wouldn't if he
could.


Of course, that all assumes that all pilots are paid, and all planes
have all the latest cool gadgets. What about planes that don't have
all this "automation?" Just because a Cessna is equipped with a three
axis autopilot, 2 nav radios, 2 com radios, adf, dme, gps, glass
cockpit etc etc in flight simulator does make that the norm (if only!
g)

On Aug 14, 2:58 pm, Doug Semler wrote:

axis autopilot, 2 nav radios, 2 com radios, adf, dme, gps, glass
cockpit etc etc in flight simulator does make that the norm (if only!


Oopps, does NOT make that the norm, of course g

Gattman writes:

I wonder how it is that presumes to tell pilots about what pilots are paid
to handle when he's not a pilot himself.

Unfortunately, I've discovered that some pilots are clueless.

On Aug 15, 8:03 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Gattman writes:
I wonder how it is that presumes to tell pilots about what pilots are paid
to handle when he's not a pilot himself.

Unfortunately, I've discovered that some pilots are clueless.

Irony isn't your strongest point is it

"Doug Semler" wrote in message
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On Aug 14, 2:15 pm, "Gattman" wrote:

LOL! I'd ask him to support this with something, but he wouldn't if he
could.


Of course, that all assumes that all pilots are paid, and all planes
have all the latest cool gadgets. What about planes that don't have
all this "automation?"

Clearly somebody needs to download the simulator mod (before their camber
fails and they fly into a hillside.)

-c

MX wrote

"Unfortunately, I've discovered that some pilots are clueless."

which characterization, I have to say, includes those of us, pilots
and non pilots (including me), who have tried to reason with you.

Tina


On Aug 14, 1:03 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Gattman writes:
I wonder how it is that presumes to tell pilots about what pilots are paid
to handle when he's not a pilot himself.

Quote of the Day - Jules Renard - "It is not how old you are, but how
you are old."

"george" wrote in message
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On Aug 15, 8:03 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Gattman writes:
I wonder how it is that presumes to tell pilots about what pilots are
paid
to handle when he's not a pilot himself.

Unfortunately, I've discovered that some pilots are clueless.

Irony isn't your strongest point is it

Well, it's good to know there are armchair experts like MX out here, who've
never actually flown or built a plane, to decide who's clueless and who
isn't. In spite of the fact that literally anybody who even bothers to
respond to him tells him he's totally clueless.

But what do we all know? We're just pilots.

-c