Well, I've already lost two close Delta Pilot friends to Brain Cancer, and now another pilot friend has it.
Is it me, or do Pilots seem to get it a lot more than the general public? I know of zero people in my circle of -nonpilot- friends who have ever had it, yet I can name 5 Delta pilots who have died from it in the past 25 years or so.
This latest case told me his doctor said the chances of getting brain cancder are 1 in 30,000...I'm sure I don't know 5 x 30,000 people, but I do know of 5 Delta Pilots who have died of it. That's a pretty small group, less than 10,000, even if it is over the past 25 years. And I don't know all of them, obviously there are probably many more whom I have not heard about.
So, if there are any Brain Surgeons in the house, do you see more incidences of brain cancer in airline pilots, than in the general public?
Pilots at other arilines, do you see many cases of brain cancer in your pilot group? Or maybe it's something in the ATL water supply...?
