I think the other person replied. We’re just talking statistics. No matter how you slice it, based on pilot on-the-job deaths per capita, flying a plane is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. 15x worse than the national average is pretty bad.
But I DO think a percentage of that is commercial. There’s only so many pilots in the world, and every time a crash happens, one of them dies. Think about it; if there were only 1 plane in the world and one pilot, when it did finally go down that would give pilots a 100% death rate, despite the fact the flight was statistically safe for passengers.
Real figures, if I’m catching good answers out of google, are about 12 deaths per capita for drivers, and 52 deaths per capita for pilots.
I think the other person replied. We’re just talking statistics. No matter how you slice it, based on pilot on-the-job deaths per capita, flying a plane is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. 15x worse than the national average is pretty bad.
But I DO think a percentage of that is commercial. There’s only so many pilots in the world, and every time a crash happens, one of them dies. Think about it; if there were only 1 plane in the world and one pilot, when it did finally go down that would give pilots a 100% death rate, despite the fact the flight was statistically safe for passengers.
Real figures, if I’m catching good answers out of google, are about 12 deaths per capita for drivers, and 52 deaths per capita for pilots.