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.