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    But the other professions don’t need to defend themselves against blatant racism and abuse of power. “This is a dangerous profession, which is why we shot an unarmed black teenager 117 times.”

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      Covid was also a top fatality result of police for a while there. Just showcasing their amazing decision making skills as they refuse to get vaccinated.

      Clearly they represent the best of the best there.

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        My local city jail literally got shut down by the tail-end of the pandemic, because of all the COVID outbreaks due to none of the cops would wear masks.

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      Delivery drivers also are more likely than police to be subject to robberies…

      It’s also not unheard of for robbery to end in murder.

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      I worked in a worker’s comp adjacent field for a while. The majority of injuries in police were absolutely vehicular in nature. Second place would be “was trying to chase a far more physically fit suspect on foot and fell/pulled something”, that happens waaaay more frequently than you would expect.

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      That’s insane. How in the world do they rationalize that to themselves?

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        Compress a large percentage of the world’s wealth into a small fraction of the population and suddenly 150k dollars a year, to potentially more based on the danger, seems worth it to some people.

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        Because they make ridiculous amounts of money. There are very few people who can do the job, it’s extremely dangerous and even if you don’t get injured or killed, it’s very hard on your body. Iirc most divers only do it 2-3 times a year because it takes a long time to safely decompress at the depths they usually work at (it can take days or even weeks) and then they have to take time off to physically and mentally recover.

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    I thought the most dangerous one was president, at an 18% fatality rate (8 out of 45 so far)

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    What about fire fighters? At least they do everything in their power to keep your dog alive.

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    Where do you get the idea that pilot is the 3rd most dangerous job? How often do you hear about pilots dying? And more dangerous than driving jobs? Lol no.

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    It’s because they have too much power. Gets to their head. Same with politicians, though they usually don’t go round shooting people.

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    Police officers have the highest suicide rate after Doctors and Dentists. Not sure if it’s because of poor stress management or being constantly in contact with some of the shittiest people to live.

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      “being constantly in contact with some of the shittiest people to live.”

      So other cops then. I’d probably kill myself too if I were a cop.

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        Lets be honest, plenty non cops are really shitty in ways different from the shitty that drives you to be a cop. Cops do deal with these other people as well. So a cop has shitty people on all sides.

        Its an impossible tasks and society must construct itself as to not have police bc they cannot do the job asked even regardless of the value of the work (which is none as well)

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      And yet they do, statistically, die more than most other jobs. Pilots have every business being on here because the comic creator just literally took a “top X dangerous jobs list” and turned it into a meme.

      Passengering is safe. Piloting, less so. Just like riding in a bus is statistically safer than being a career driver. Because you get off the bus, and that driver does 7 more runs. Alongside a long-haul truck driver carrying zero people. Etc. But Piloting is more dangerous than driving a truck.

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        Piloting of what aircraft type?

        It’s pretty rare to hear about a commercial flight resulting in a crash or even death.

        If you’re talking about commercial pilots flying around passengers then no it’s not dangerous at all, certainly not compared to truck drivers. To say it’s dangerous because they do it everyday is silly. Reality is it’s one of the safest forms of travel. Trucking is not nearly as safe and has a lot more risk factors involved.

        If you’re strictly talking about bush pilots then you might have a case but there’s not as many bush pilots compared to commercial pilots in order for it to significantly skew the statistics.

        A lot more truck drivers die in a year from accidents then commercial pilots. Calling it more dangerous is hella silly bro.

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          I mean, we’re talking pretty much anyone who flies an airplane for any commercial purpose. Bush flying, remote cargo flights in small aircraft, crop-dusting, helicopter lifting, hell even helicopter logging.

          And while more truck drivers die annually than pilots, what we’re discussing here are RATES of death per capita, not individual deaths. An individual is statistically more likely to be killed flying as a commercial pilot (in any capacity) than a truck driver is to be killed while on the job.

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      Bush pilots probably drive the statistics up pretty far because it’s dangerous in general and many of them keep flying long after commercial retirement ages.

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      Most pilots aren’t commerical passenger pilots. Most are crop dusters and priority freight

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    Just now got a push message stating that the jobs of Dutch policemen were very dangerous, according to the union, because of bad communication technology.

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      Historically, shitty radio communication has gotten a LOT of people killed during emergencies. I’m perfectly willing to accept you can shave off a few percents of risk by getting Dutch cops better radios. But it’s hardly going to move the needle compared to “unskilled” Labour such as construction.

      I do workplace safety in the Netherlands, so allow me to trot some numbers out.

      3800 people die every year as a result of their jobs. 2500 from cancer, 700 from coronary issues. Over 400 die from falling or car crashes. So about 200 people die from all the stuff you’d generally associate with gruesome workplace hazards. Now, generally when I hold this talk, the point is “stop being a moron around chemicals”, but this time my point is “Dutch cops are really unlikely to die from their work”.

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    I feel like a position of authority, the weapons, and the qualified immunity letting you put hands on anyone for any bullshit reason you want make you the danger, not in danger.