Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
There are many more police and firefighters in the US than pilots. Of course they will have more deaths than pilots. I have been a volunteer firefighter and small city full time firefighter and to this day do not have a friend or acquaintance that got so much as a scratch on the job.
As a pilot however I lost plenty of friends.
Skyhigh
Lucky you, well kinda due in part to you being with small departments. This has been a rough year for my father on Chicago's fire department, just last month two of his friends got burned up real bad; neither will return to work it seems. I remember so many times getting the call that my dad was hurt on the job it's amazing how many times he should have been killed. The pay coincides with how dangerous the job is, and flying just isn't as dangerous as going into a burning building.