It’s because they have too much power. Gets to their head. Same with politicians, though they usually don’t go round shooting people.
Pilots have no business being on there. Just because people are scared of flying, doesn’t mean it’s actually dangerous.
Most pilots aren’t commerical passenger pilots. Most are crop dusters and priority freight
And yet they do, statistically, die more than most other jobs. Pilots have every business being on here because the comic creator just literally took a “top X dangerous jobs list” and turned it into a meme.
Passengering is safe. Piloting, less so. Just like riding in a bus is statistically safer than being a career driver. Because you get off the bus, and that driver does 7 more runs. Alongside a long-haul truck driver carrying zero people. Etc. But Piloting is more dangerous than driving a truck.
Piloting of what aircraft type?
It’s pretty rare to hear about a commercial flight resulting in a crash or even death.
If you’re talking about commercial pilots flying around passengers then no it’s not dangerous at all, certainly not compared to truck drivers. To say it’s dangerous because they do it everyday is silly. Reality is it’s one of the safest forms of travel. Trucking is not nearly as safe and has a lot more risk factors involved.
If you’re strictly talking about bush pilots then you might have a case but there’s not as many bush pilots compared to commercial pilots in order for it to significantly skew the statistics.
A lot more truck drivers die in a year from accidents then commercial pilots. Calling it more dangerous is hella silly bro.
I mean, we’re talking pretty much anyone who flies an airplane for any commercial purpose. Bush flying, remote cargo flights in small aircraft, crop-dusting, helicopter lifting, hell even helicopter logging.
And while more truck drivers die annually than pilots, what we’re discussing here are RATES of death per capita, not individual deaths. An individual is statistically more likely to be killed flying as a commercial pilot (in any capacity) than a truck driver is to be killed while on the job.
Bush pilots probably drive the statistics up pretty far because it’s dangerous in general and many of them keep flying long after commercial retirement ages.
Where do you get the idea that pilot is the 3rd most dangerous job? How often do you hear about pilots dying? And more dangerous than driving jobs? Lol no.
Where do you get the idea that pilot is the 3rd most dangerous job? How often do you hear about pilots dying? And more dangerous than driving jobs? Lol no.
The majority of aircraft pilot fatalities occur in crashes of privately owned planes and helicopters rather than on regularly scheduled commercial jet aircraft.
https://www.ishn.com/articles/112748-top-25-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-united-states
By the way, most deaths aren’t reported on the news.
As far as i know the most dangerous job is either Under Water Welder or Septic tank diver (yes thats a thing) among those, most heavy industry Jobs are very dangerous as well (mining, steelworks…)
Septic tank diver is the shittiest job. Change my mind.
I could make one up, but literally submersing yourself is hard to beat. Um… how about Professional sewage-eating-contest contestant?
Btw one of those six other jobs is pizza delivery.
is this some kind of quote from The Deprogram?
No, seriously. It’s more dangerous to be a pizza delivery guy than a cop.
People forget about deep sea welders. Literally 15% fatality rate.
That’s insane. How in the world do they rationalize that to themselves?
It’s a combination of $2000/day wages, combined with a “I’m smarter than all those idiots who died” attitude.
Lots of money… like insane money for how much work it is.
Compress a large percentage of the world’s wealth into a small fraction of the population and suddenly 150k dollars a year, to potentially more based on the danger, seems worth it to some people.
150k? That’s it? People are risking their lives for 150k??? Hard to believe
You act like that’s not a ridiculous amount of money and that just shows why things are as bad as they are
Oh it’s a lot of money but with how many ways you can go about making that kind of money I can’t see how risking your life on those odds is worth it.
It’s easy.
You either make a shit load of money or you die.
Win win
Because they make ridiculous amounts of money. There are very few people who can do the job, it’s extremely dangerous and even if you don’t get injured or killed, it’s very hard on your body. Iirc most divers only do it 2-3 times a year because it takes a long time to safely decompress at the depths they usually work at (it can take days or even weeks) and then they have to take time off to physically and mentally recover.
i wonder if any of them ever decides to retire into an easier job and becomes an astronaut
Fuck tha police
Risky strategy. COPulation often leads to domestic abuse, after all…
The most dangerous part of police work is vehicle accidents, just like delivery drivers.
I worked in a worker’s comp adjacent field for a while. The majority of injuries in police were absolutely vehicular in nature. Second place would be “was trying to chase a far more physically fit suspect on foot and fell/pulled something”, that happens waaaay more frequently than you would expect.
Delivery drivers also are more likely than police to be subject to robberies…
It’s also not unheard of for robbery to end in murder.
Covid was also a top fatality result of police for a while there. Just showcasing their amazing decision making skills as they refuse to get vaccinated.
Clearly they represent the best of the best there.
My local city jail literally got shut down by the tail-end of the pandemic, because of all the COVID outbreaks due to none of the cops would wear masks.
I feel like a position of authority, the weapons, and the qualified immunity letting you put hands on anyone for any bullshit reason you want make you the danger, not in danger.
Policing is dangerous, not for them, but for us.
Depends where you live, over here the police are friendly and will talk instead of shoot. and if they shoot, they will have a hearing, to check if they have shot according to the law. hence, depends on the law in your county if the protectors of the normal people are nice or not.
You forgot sex workers, which is actually the most dangerous job.
could you elaborate why exactly
Probably because of desease and suff
violence
Violence and diseases. In consequence many sex workers get hurt regularly during their job, some get killed and many have PTSD and/or abuse drugs and alcohol.
In countries were sex work is legal this does not get significantly better, btw. I live in Germany where sex work is legal since 1950 or something and it’s a job you even have to pay tax for. They still suffer from violence. There was a protest this year to give better protection from violence.
So specifically prostitution is dangerous, not sex work in general
It’s one of 6 other jobs
Hand, blow, feet, rim, z. It’s 5 of the "6 other jobs.’
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It’s probably not listed here, because it’s illegal in the USA
Depends, online, or real skin contact, in the EU or in africa?
Police officers have the highest suicide rate after Doctors and Dentists. Not sure if it’s because of poor stress management or being constantly in contact with some of the shittiest people to live.
“being constantly in contact with some of the shittiest people to live.”
So other cops then. I’d probably kill myself too if I were a cop.
Lets be honest, plenty non cops are really shitty in ways different from the shitty that drives you to be a cop. Cops do deal with these other people as well. So a cop has shitty people on all sides.
Its an impossible tasks and society must construct itself as to not have police bc they cannot do the job asked even regardless of the value of the work (which is none as well)
Constant contact with guns too maybe.
Isn’t soldier also a job?
Really depends on the country. In the US, death rate is really low. There might be a couple instances of getting shot at, but you’re so much less likely to die of other causes it ironically makes up for it.
Of course, you get these spikes in death rates in the military, like if you’re sent to an active warzone. We just measure “dangerous jobs” by year.
Even if it’s counted, is it even more dangerous, counted using the same metrics? I have no idea, but it’s not far-fetched that it’s not, at least if we mean American soldiers. Like, it’s way more dangerous to be an Iraqi civilian than an American soldier.
Hell going to Iraq was safer than going on a drive in the US
It’s not a job.
It’s an adventure!
What about fire fighters? At least they do everything in their power to keep your dog alive.
So they’re the opposite of the ATF?
Paramedics?
Other than car accidents and maybe the occassional biohazard, its probably more mentally taxing than anything. But IDK I’m no paramedic
VIPs!
Those are just fire bugs that didn’t think their career choice through.
New fear unlocked
Be a waterfighter
No shame in fearing firefighters.
Yeah, that does not rock.
But also
a very small minority of firefighters who are also active arsonists
Another way in which they are different.
How would this fit into Abigail Thorn’s (Philosophy Tube) analogy of arsonism?
