Bad pilots, bad maintenance ruining general aviation

On Jun 5, 3:00 pm, Skylune wrote:
On Jun 5, 2:42 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

birdog writes:
Get off it. A Cub can crash out of a dirt strip in the Ozarks and it makes
national news. On the same day, 1000 people can get killed on the highway in
Arkansas, and it's a footnote in the local paper.

Be that as it may, the stories on GA crashes do damage; the non-stories on
highway fatalities do not.

Been one of my gripes for 50 years.

What have you done about it?

This is toooooo funny. Doesn't France provide free psychiatric
care?

Since you are expert in everything, I am having a problem with low
pressure in one of the zones on my lawn sprinkler system. Could you
provide some advice on how to diagnose the problem and then fix it?

Where do you think housing prices in the US will settle out?

Why do you think $1mm is not alot of $$ in the US? Would it be worth
alot in France?

Please provide a comprehensive peace plan for Iraq and the Middle East
in general. Are you in touch with General Petraeus? If not, please
send him an e-mail. I am sure he could benefit from your wisdom.

He can't help you, but I might... I had the same problem the other
night. Let the zone run for 1/2 an hour until a mound appeared in the
grass. Stabbed my foot into it and out gushed a bunch of water.
Guess who gets to splice a poly pipe tonight? Arrrghh!

On Jun 5, 5:13 pm, wrote:
On Jun 5, 3:00 pm, Skylune wrote:





On Jun 5, 2:42 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

birdog writes:
Get off it. A Cub can crash out of a dirt strip in the Ozarks and it makes
national news. On the same day, 1000 people can get killed on the highway in
Arkansas, and it's a footnote in the local paper.

Be that as it may, the stories on GA crashes do damage; the non-stories on
highway fatalities do not.

Been one of my gripes for 50 years.

What have you done about it?

This is toooooo funny. Doesn't France provide free psychiatric
care?

Since you are expert in everything, I am having a problem with low
pressure in one of the zones on my lawn sprinkler system. Could you
provide some advice on how to diagnose the problem and then fix it?

Where do you think housing prices in the US will settle out?

Why do you think $1mm is not alot of $$ in the US? Would it be worth
alot in France?

Please provide a comprehensive peace plan for Iraq and the Middle East
in general. Are you in touch with General Petraeus? If not, please
send him an e-mail. I am sure he could benefit from your wisdom.

He can't help you, but I might... I had the same problem the other
night. Let the zone run for 1/2 an hour until a mound appeared in the
grass. Stabbed my foot into it and out gushed a bunch of water.
Guess who gets to splice a poly pipe tonight? Arrrghh!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Don't take offense, but I am going to wait until the underemployed guy
from France gives his opinion. It is the most prudent course of
action.

Sorry to come back here guys, but I just couldn't resist. I'll be on
my way now.

Take care.

wrote:

He can't help you, but I might... I had the same problem the other
night. Let the zone run for 1/2 an hour until a mound appeared in the
grass. Stabbed my foot into it and out gushed a bunch of water.
Guess who gets to splice a poly pipe tonight? Arrrghh!

I bypassed the mound phase, and went direct to water gushing out after they
came on but nothing came out for a few minutes...... Arrrrghhhh!

Mxsmanic wrote:
Jim Stewart writes:


Doesn't matter how safety-conscious you are if
you're having an anxiety attack and loosing
bowel control on final....


If you're careful, you should be able to avoid anxiety.

Haha, look, the expert on not getting laid and being
afraid of airplanes is offering advice on anxiety.

On Jun 5, 4:57 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Skylune writes:
Sorry to jump in here guys.

MX, you are an insufferable fool. Your comments on other threads
regarding housing prices in the US, how a million dollars is not alot
of money, how middle class is shrinking in America, etc are absolutely
hysterical coming from an underemployed Frenchman like you.

Was your mistake deliberate, or just a coincidence?

OK, I'll play for a while. I have some free time.

What mistake? Did you obtain gainful employment?

Skylune wrote:
On Jun 5, 4:57 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Skylune writes:
Sorry to jump in here guys.
MX, you are an insufferable fool. Your comments on other threads
regarding housing prices in the US, how a million dollars is not alot
of money, how middle class is shrinking in America, etc are absolutely
hysterical coming from an underemployed Frenchman like you.
Was your mistake deliberate, or just a coincidence?

OK, I'll play for a while. I have some free time.

What mistake? Did you obtain gainful employment?

I never thought I'd say this this, but don't insult the French by
implying he is one of them. He is just a whining ex-pat American ( or
so he claims )

Too bad you weren't aboard United 232 back in 1989. I'm sure you could have
averted the disaster.
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Shirl writes:

Bad pilots and bad maintenance exist, sure ... but accidents can and do
occur in the most meticulously maintained aircraft flown by
"extraordinarily safe" pilots too. You shouldn't make any assumptions
about pilots or maintenance every time there is a crash.

I'm just going by the numbers. Random, unavoidable mechanical or other
failures are quite rare as causes of accidents, even in GA aircraft. Most
accidents are avoidable, either with a better pilot or a more carefully
maintained aircraft, or both.

On Jun 5, 6:36 pm, John Theune wrote:
Skylune wrote:
On Jun 5, 4:57 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Skylune writes:
Sorry to jump in here guys.
MX, you are an insufferable fool. Your comments on other threads
regarding housing prices in the US, how a million dollars is not alot
of money, how middle class is shrinking in America, etc are absolutely
hysterical coming from an underemployed Frenchman like you.
Was your mistake deliberate, or just a coincidence?

OK, I'll play for a while. I have some free time.

What mistake? Did you obtain gainful employment?

I never thought I'd say this this, but don't insult the French by
implying he is one of them. He is just a whining ex-pat American ( or
so he claims )

I'm an immigrant myself (German), and have no love for French or
German politics. I love my country, and hate things that smack of
socialism (like the FAA).

If he is an ex-pat, and is presently under-employed in France making a
few hundred bucks a week guiding tourists around (as I remember from a
few months ago when Anthony was "outed" by one of the clever pilots
here), why would he remain in France?

Could it be that he is more comfortable there? Underemployed, but
SIMULATING: flying, relationships, economic research, sex (?),
intellectualism, etc. Maybe French government services make it more
comfortable to do this in France. Maybe he views himself as a
misunderstood philosopher, and feels more at home in France than the
burgeious USA?

I don't know. I'll say this. The last episode of the Sopranos occurs
this Sunday. So far, watching the MX series to be the next best
alternative.

Now how would you know if my airplanes are half broken, or that I fly
recklessly?

It sounds like you're envious of the fact that while many of us actually fly
real airplanes, you'll never have the experience of flying anything other
than a chair.

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