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It should not be, "Cockpit crew had a low all-cause, all-cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality but elevated aircraft accident mortality." [1] In plainer
by joshe 8y ago
It should not be, "Cockpit crew had a low all-cause, all-cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality but elevated aircraft accident mortality." [1]
In plainer, much less careful English: even with that exposure, they live longer than average.
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511278/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511278/
- walrus01 8y agoYou could consider this an artificially selected population, since to keep an airline transport pilot license it is required to maintain a current FAA medical. I'm sure lots of pilots smoke, drink and eat poorly, but they try to avoid getting grounded and career-ended by their physician.