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TXengineer · September 19th, 2005, 11:09

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov) has some pretty good data. I'd say its the media and its eternal selective news reporting that's to be slammed not the department of labor.

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes532011.htm - Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes532012.htm - Commercial Pilots
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes532021.htm - Air Traffic Controllers
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes532022.htm - Airfield Operations Specialists

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http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0727.pdf

That's the publication the newspaper probably used, which does list the mean weekly hours as 20.5. (page 7). Reporting error is 7.1%.

September 19th, 2005, 11:09	#5
TXengineer Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3	Re: Pilot\'s, highest paid profession per the government! The Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov) has some pretty good data. I'd say its the media and its eternal selective news reporting that's to be slammed not the department of labor. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes532011.htm - Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes532012.htm - Commercial Pilots http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes532021.htm - Air Traffic Controllers http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes532022.htm - Airfield Operations Specialists *edit http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0727.pdf That's the publication the newspaper probably used, which does list the mean weekly hours as 20.5. (page 7). Reporting error is 7.1%.