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Update on missing plane
http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2...l/425090.shtml
The thing I don't understand is the relative's comment that "they won't let us go down and get them." Who is supposed to be stopping them? -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the animals. |
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
... http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2...l/425090.shtml The thing I don't understand is the relative's comment that "they won't let us go down and get them." Who is supposed to be stopping them? The thing that I don't understand is why no one is pointing out the obscene difference between how this accident has been handled versus how JFK, Jr.'s accident was handled. How many millions were spent by the US government to pull up that wreck? There was no question at the time that it was a recovery mission, not a rescue mission. Same deal here, except now the various agencies are saying "we aren't authorized", or "we don't have the money". Never mind the victims are military veterans, at least as deserving of the use of taxpayer money to recover their plane and bodies. As likely as it is that it was simply poor pilot judgment that caused this accident, that's no different than the other accident, IMHO. Now, I think it was silly that the government got involved with the recovery effort for JFK, Jr.'s accident, but that's the choice they made. They set the precedent, but now not only are they not going to follow that precedent, no one even seems to be making the connection. Frankly, if nothing else, I'm surprised no one is playing the environmental card. Here in the Pacific Northwest, you'd think that would be the route to instant approval and funding. Pete |
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"Peter Duniho" wrote:
The thing that I don't understand is why no one is pointing out the obscene difference between how this accident has been handled versus how JFK, Jr.'s accident was handled. Excellent point. And I wonder if celebrity worship is so powerful in the U. S. that the JFK, Jr. recovery would have been attempted even under a Republican administration. -- Dan C172RG at BFM (remove pants to reply by email) |
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