Add It Up - Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Percent by which Delta reduced its average pilot salary in 2004; 32.5
Percent by which Delta reduced its average pilot salary in 2005; 14
Amount that the average Delta pilot now earns; $146,000
Number of hours in a 24-hour period that a pilot must rest; 8
Maximum number of miles that a Delta pilot operating a Boeing 767 could fly in a 5-day workweek; 43,200
Approximate amount a Delta pilot would earn per mile if the pilot flew the maximum hours; 13 cents
Approximate amount a MARTA train conductor earns per mile; $1.34
Amount an Atlanta cabbie earns per mile; $2
Odds that you'll be killed in an airplane crash; 5,704 to 1
Odds that you'll be killed in a train crash 133,035; to 1
Odds that you'll be killed as a passenger in a car; 228 to 1
Sources: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, National Safety Council, MARTA, Style Taxi, Checker Cab Company.