> I am a bit shocked that pilots are ranked so high on the fatality list. Perhaps its helicopter and similar listed? Is that only professional pilots? It's due

> I am a bit shocked that pilots are ranked so high on the fatality list. Perhaps its helicopter and similar listed? Is that only professional pilots? It's due to pilots of smaller aircraft and, yes, possibly helicopters. Helicopter logging is extraordinarily dangerous as is bush piloting in places like Alaska. There are enough deaths there to way offset the safety of your jumbo jet commercial pilots.