nostr:npub17aqgyjm4p8z9r42mpwkt45qln7sh4hr65z2gzwahgjtchr7vmsms8g3dh0 It would be, ahem, *helpful* to have some idea how many pilots there are in total! But I know there are on the order of 50-100,000 commercial flights per day world-wide, and the USA accounts for a substantial proportion of them, and also has a large general (light/private) aviation sector, and commercial airlines are supposed to require regular physicals and in any case airliners always have two or more pilots, so ...
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nostr:npub17aqgyjm4p8z9r42mpwkt45qln7sh4hr65z2gzwahgjtchr7vmsms8g3dh0 If I was flying next week I'd be a lot more worried about the crowds of COVID carriers, and the sick staff who can't afford to take time off while they're coughing out the virus everywhere.
(Pressurized airplane air conditioning with frequent air changes means they're about the safest densely-seated indoor space, but the terminal buildings and long ground-side queues are another matter.)