We all know the article pasted below is nothing new but spread the word as here's yet another fact drawn up by someone else . . not just a flight crew about why we should be paid what we are; and some need more.

I'll include cabin crews as well. Pay up airline execs. share some of YOUR bonuses that we as a team provide!

AMERICA'S MOST STRESSFULL JOBS
by Paul Toscano
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

With the unemployment rate nationally still hovering around 9 percent, many people are grateful simply to get a paycheck -- but gratitude doesn't take the stress out of the daily grind.
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To get a sense of the most stressful jobs in America, CareerCast.com looked at 11 different factors that can cause stress on the job, and ranked 200 professions by how significantly these demands factor into the average workday. Factors that weighed into stress include work environment, job competitiveness, physical demands, deadlines, on-the-job dangers and even the job's growth potential.
Tony Lee, publisher of CareerCast.com, highlights an interesting trend in America's job market: "As for people who want to throw themselves into bigger challenges, there are simply less of those people than there used to be. "This phenomenon is having an effect on new entrants into the job market. Specifically, he says, new college graduates are seeking jobs that bring them less stress, a choice that may be difficult to realize for individuals who have been entrenched in their jobs for an extended period of time.
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Lee says there will always be people willing to take on the challenges of consistently stressful jobs, such as firefighters and policemen. However, these professions feel the additional stress of the overall economy in the form of uncertainty about budget cuts and pension benefits -- which can considerably add to an already stressful job.
For almost every job in America, the recession has in some way affected how individuals feel in their everyday work routine. How have the rankings of stressful jobs changed and which jobs rank as the most stressful this year? Let's take a look.

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1. Commercial Airline Pilot
Stress score: 47.60
Average annual salary: $117,060
Hours per day: 9
The most stressful job of 2011 is a commercial airline pilot, according to CareerCast.com. Tony Lee points out that several recent events demonstrate how a pilot's job can be stressful, as it depends on factors out of their control. For instance, a pilot must rely heavily on equipment: the incident with the damaged Southwest 737 earlier this year revealed how this reliance can cause tension during a pilot's normal working day. In addition, a pilot's reliance on control tower operators also increases stress, especially after the revelations that air traffic controllers are falling asleep on the job, requiring planes to land without help.
Pilots also experience big swings in stress, says Tony Lee, going from "periods of extremely low stress when they're not flying, followed by periods of extremely high stress. And these stressful swings are not the best thing for your health." The profession has also been affected by the economy, he says, with layoffs, high oil prices, and cost cutting in the airline industry threatening pay raises and employment levels. For these reasons, being a commercial airline pilot is the most stressful job in America this year.

 

Interesting photo. Are those two guys holding hands? Oh no, I get it, the Captain is exercising "his throttles", while the F/O is exercising his.

 

Average annual salary: $117,060
Hours per day: 9


Hahah...hahahaha

 

Is that a pre 4a2b or post salary average?

 

117K / 9 hours a day...must not be talking brown or purple:

 

I can't say that my reliance on an air traffic controller has really raised my blood
pressure. Maybe a bit of jealousy when I find out they are asleep but not stress.

 

And don't forget watching movies ...

 

I wish I made 117k/yr and only worked 9hr days.

 

Controllers falling asleep adding to stress? Sleeping controllers is modus operandi in many countries like Kazahkstan. When they say to report KYZLORDA (you're in radar) they really mean "wake me up when you get there so I can give you a handoff"!

 

while I certainly don't condone our controllers falling asleep, at certain airports, it's amazing to me that any of them can remain awake through the night. At some of these out-of-the-way airports, if they get one or two "customers" a night, it's a lot. On the other hand, I can't for the life of me understand how a controller can fall asleep at IAD or DCA. That just boggles my mind, and at the same time, shows how difficult it is to work the back side of the clock.