AIRLINE PILOTS

COMMERCIAL TRUCK DRIVERS

Numbers of professionals

590,000

10,000,000

Number of Planes / Vehicles

222,000

8,000,000

Age Limit

65

None (we know of at least one who is 85)

Legally can operate taking prescribed narcotic drugs?

NO

YES

Physical required

Every 6 months

Every 2 years

Flying/Driving hours (legally allowed)

30/week, 100/month, 1,000/year

77/week & 88 in 8 days, 231/month, 2,772/year

How are hours tracked?

Electronically ("black box")

Drivers keep paper logbooks

Deaths in the last 3 years

Less than 100

14,000+ and 300,000 injured

Federal regulatory annual budget

$14.6 Billion

$500 Million