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What does flying teach?
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In any case, he's paying for the training. He could have wasted the money on something useless. |
Peace of mind?
A friend here at work raised what I feel may be a significant point: I don't know about the rest of you but I get a very relaxing feeling of peace when I fly. I don't know how I would cope with having killed my own son because of a stupid mistake I made. However, I surely can see how flying may help me regain/retain some sense of usefulness and accomplishment (and sanity) whether or not I operated the aircraft in a commercial endeavor. JMHO
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Maybe I missed it, but nowhere in the article did I see mention that he wished to pursue aviation as a career. Not everyone who flies even has an intention of becoming a professional... I'd think in this forum more than anywhere we'd recognize that.
I have my PPL and an IFR ticket with wet ink... I have absolutely no intention of pursuing it further than that because I'm quite happy in my day job in computers. Flying is my hobby... there it'll stay if I have anything to say about it. Perhaps this guy has the same goal as me. |
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Being drunk and reckless----- no excuse Killing two innocent people "intentionally" --- not hardly Giving big hugs & saying it's okay ---- no one is doing that, are they? L.Adamson |
a possibility
I'd suggest organ donation would be a good way for this turkey to try to amend a little tiny bit for his egregious lack of judgement.
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Unbelieveable
I must start by saying I respect anyone's opinion, no matter how misguided it may be. The Opra-watching do-gooders seemed to have overlooked the fact that a license to fly is a priviledge, not a constitutional right. There are standards that must be met, one of which is moral character. That may sound unreasonable to some but it was included in the licensing requirements for a very good reason. Propelling a ton of metal or plastic through the same airspace that is used for public transportation requires considerably more maturity, judgement and responsibility than driving your Honda around the highways. In today's anything-goes society where a child rapist gets only a 60 day jail sentence and convicted child molesters get pardoned by departing presidents the FAA still gets serious about felony convictions when it comes to medical applications. Even intentionally falsifying applications can lead to up to 5 years imprisonment and/or up to $250,000 in fines. This guy better be thankful he is from a state like Nebraska where they are soft on crime.
If he really wants to use his talents he will move to Massachussets and run for the Senate. Doug, thanks for the soap box. I feel better now. |
less desirable alternatives
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He was tried and convicted by a jury of his peers. He was sentenced to prison(capital punishment was probably not one of the judge's options for vehicular manslaughter) and is serving time. That is how our system works. Apparently, there is no law against this person flying an airplane. If folks don't like that, they should petition the legislature to change it. |
Least ye be judged!
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I can't say I watch Oprah, but before we are so quick to judge, lets pose the situation a little differently. Lets say you are a VFR pilot that stumbles into IMC over a city and crashed in a city block killing folks on the ground. Aren't the folks just as dead? A few years ago a IFR pilot (also CFI rated) took off at Linden airport in NJ with a bad Turn Coordinator and after a gyro failure, did this very thing. While not justifying DUI and/or vehicular homicide, the only thing this guy did differently it seems was to survive. So now that he is alive, how should he function in society? Note: I always found it odd, that some are afraid to fly IFR over mountains in a single, but give no thought to doing the same over a city. |
While I appreciate the reasoned (ahem) response below. I think any discussion of sentencing in the united states deals way too much with class, money and the 'war on drugs' to discuss at length in this forum. Probably best to move those aspects of discussion over to someplace like instapundit/redstate/dailykos.com as people wish. ;)
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