Happy Wanderer,
With regard to the CV thing. There is a view by some that putting your hobbies on the CV is a bit naff. Was the advice to remove it related to the general idea of a hobbies section or flying/sking in particular.
On the question of risk, some potentially useless anecdotal evidence: I used to be a London motorcycle courier and a bike nut in general. I know a few dead bikers (non couriers strangely) but I don't know of any dead pilots even though I probably know/knew of more pilots than bikers.