Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
I think the daily stress of hanging your butt out there on the line outweighs the ATC pressure. Seems a lot more pilots are in mishaps than ATC controllers.
USMCFLYR
We are safer in our cockpits than at most any other time or place, in any other activity. I don't feel like I'm hanging my butt out anywhere when I'm in the air. Mountainous at night causes me extra thought at times.
Moderate to busy ATCs bodies stay in Fight or Flight mode for hours a day. CAMI studied them. (Us)
Combat and test flying come close, but do not match the duration of exposure to the perceived threat. Their findings, not mine.
The Post Office parking lot, THAT scares the $hit out of me.