Our profession is not RISKY anymore!!!!!!

[crwjerk]

Why are pilots being paid so exorbitantly? (http://www.askcaptainlim.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122:why-are-pilots-being-paid-so-exorbitantly&catid=33:salary&Itemid=78#comment-1228)

[joejet]

Worlds most dangerous jobs (http://www.worldsmostunique.com/worldsmostdangerousjobs.php)

Worlds most dangerous jobs - Looking for a job ?


According to various Labor Surveys and Labor Right establishments from around the world, there are millions of people who risk their lives at their jobs- daily. The BLS or the US Bureau of Labor Statistics is the governing body that usually lists out worlds most dangerous jobs, annually. Some of the jobs that have made it to the list of the worlds most dangerous jobs are, in essence, pretty unlikely to be termed as being dangerous. So, what are the yardsticks that are used to determine whether a job is dangerous or not? What are the main pointers and indices that enable a job to be a part of the list of the worlds most dangerous jobs? Well, fatality rate is one of the main yardsticks that are used to assess the kind of danger involved in a job. At times, the average annual salary is also factored in to assess the peril involved in being a part of a job. Some statistic institutions also factor in the number of fatalities per total number of people doing the job at any given time. We have tried to compile a list of some of the worlds most dangerous jobs in this write up. The ranking and order might change, depending upon the stats, but the overall essence remains the same.

Fishermen and related jobs: This category tops the list of worlds most dangerous jobs. Apart from being a job with a high fatality rate, the chance of being lost at sea aggravates the risk to an all new level and makes professional fishing one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. The fatality rate in such jobs is pegged at 141 (approx) and the average annual salary is slightly less than $20,000.

Flight engineers and professional aircraft pilots: The risk of a crash, coupled with the risk of a hijack and the risk of developing chronic diseases makes the job of flight engineers and professional aircraft pilots a hell of a job. Besides, flight engineers are also supposed to work at run-time, usually with larger than life moving parts of a plane- making this one of the worlds most dangerous jobs.

Logging workers: Logging workers face a constant risk of being cut by their own tools or being crushed under a tree. This uncertainty and a relatively low annual salary make this one of the worlds most dangerous jobs.

[Rook]

exorbitantly?

[buggaluggs]

I'm sure the Emirates crew who landed in HKG yesterday, in a thunderstorm, after two windshear go arounds, and a Mayday call, thought they were being paid "exorbitantly" as well. :ooh:

[Sike]

News Headlines (http://www.cnbc.com/id/36715336/America_s_Most_Stressful_Jobs_2010?slide=6)

[HEALY]

Those guys obviously got the NTC regarding uniforms:}

[Sike]

Hilarious right?

[Avius]

PBS Documentary on US Regional Airlines - Very Intereresting (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flyingcheap/view/)