Flight Crew is Dangerous Job
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Life assurance offices (whose job it is to know about these things) don't normally charge an extra premium for civil aircrew. Military aircrew will pay an extra premium of around 70p per annum for each £1,000 sum assured - equivalent to 70 deaths per 100,000 worker years.
If you want a seriously dangerous profession, become a publican!
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An actuary is someone who wanted to be an accountant, but didn't have the personality for it.
If you want a seriously dangerous profession, become a publican!
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An actuary is someone who wanted to be an accountant, but didn't have the personality for it.
Dont get too excited folks, after all you are commenting on an article by the SUN, that gospel of truth, that treats their readers as brain dead morons!
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How about offshore helideck crew? A few have been killed by helicopter blades, and there aren't that many around, so statistically that's a high risk profession.
I certainly think it is..
I certainly think it is..
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Lies, damned lie and statistics!
They must've included military stats to come up with aircrew being 3rd riskiest.
As previously stated, the most dangerous thing most of us do on a daily basis is drive a car. It's not quite the automotive lottery that the US has though Picky, a mere 3000 fatalities out of 58m. So that means that Brits are better drivers than Yanks by a factor of 3!....only joking honest!
They must've included military stats to come up with aircrew being 3rd riskiest.
As previously stated, the most dangerous thing most of us do on a daily basis is drive a car. It's not quite the automotive lottery that the US has though Picky, a mere 3000 fatalities out of 58m. So that means that Brits are better drivers than Yanks by a factor of 3!....only joking honest!
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Nope, the last 'proper' carrier Ark Royal (not to be confused with the current Ark which is Invincable class) went to the breakers in about 1978 I think. There was an excellent fly on the wall documentary about its last deployment At the end of the last episode they took the "holy terror Fleet Chief PO" to the breakers to look at the ship some months later when there was virtually sod all left of the the thing...moved him to tears as I recall.
Nope, the last 'proper' carrier Ark Royal (not to be confused with the current Ark which is Invincable class) went to the breakers in about 1978 I think. There was an excellent fly on the wall documentary about its last deployment At the end of the last episode they took the "holy terror Fleet Chief PO" to the breakers to look at the ship some months later when there was virtually sod all left of the the thing...moved him to tears as I recall.
