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Is flying safe as a career? Due to recent news I have received questions from people in our coaching community asking if flying is safe. First, if you have reached this video and are wanting to discover if flying is safe as a mode of transportation the answer is yes. Flying is the safest mode of transportation and there are numerous videos covering that topic.

https://www.statista.com/chart/18264/the-most-dangerous-ways-to-travel-in-the-us/

What is safety?
The condition of being safe from undergoing or causing
hurt, injury, or loss.
It is as safe as the pilot and the operation.
Everything has risks.
The pilot and operation reduce the risk.
As a professional pilot one of our primary concerns is hazard recognition
and risk mitigation.
Here is my advice to those who want to reduce the risk in their career until
they reach the pinnacle of aviation safety: the airlines.
1. There is no flight worth killing yourself to complete.
2. When evaluating risk and making a decision ask yourself what will
your rational sound like at the NTSB hearing
3. Use the many risk assessment tools at your disposal.
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4. Look at the operation and any accidents or incidents reported or
otherwise related.
5. Would you fly your family on this flight?

Links:
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/flying-too-high-workers-fatalities-in-the-aeronautics-field.pdf

https://www.bls.gov/iif/additional-publications/archive/dangerous-jobs.pdf

https://www.statista.com/statistics/187154/occupational-injury-deaths-in-the-us-by-private-industry-sector/

https://www.bls.gov/iif/fatal-injuries-tables.htm

https://www.oshaeducationcenter.com/dangerous-jobs-in-united-states/#:~:text=Fatal%20Injuries%20per%20100%2C000:%2050.9,Aircraft%20Pilots%20and%20Flight%20Engineers

https://www.statista.com/chart/26595/number-of-deaths-on-the-job-per-100000-full-time-equivalent-workers-in-the-us/

https://avweb.com/aviation-news/iata-2025-airline-accident-safety-report/

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