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12 dead this weekend from GA crashes
by "Steve Foley" Feb 7, 2006 at 01:03 AM
The question still stands. Uh, uh, uh.......... I plead the Fifth! Actually, I think standards should be improved and proficiency better tested. More than just the semi annuals should be required. Many pilots agree that there are unsafe fliers. Can they ever be totally eliminated based on regulations? No. But there can be improvement. |
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12 dead this weekend from GA crashes - what about skiing??
by kontiki Feb 7, 2006 at 01:47 AM
-- Deaths of 5 Skiers Stun Mammoth In the span of a week, three skiing accidents, a heart attack and an avalanche claimed the lives of four visitors and a ski patrol veteran. MAMMOTH LAKES — The deaths of five skiers over a recent seven-day period on or near Mammoth Mountain appear to have been tragic accidents but have shaken this hamlet of outdoor enthusiasts. One victim was a Los Angeles dentist and avid outdoorsman, another a retired water deliveryman from Garden Grove, the third a San Diego teenager and the fourth a marketing representative from Laguna Niguel. The fifth was an accomplished ski patrol member traversing the Eastern Sierra's breathtaking backcountry. Yeah, we lose a few every year here on the east coast too. Usually too fast, down, and slide into a tree or rock.... I think theres a difference between a sport and a federally and state funded transportation system. |
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12 dead this weekend from GA crashes
"Skylune" wrote:
by "Steve Foley" Feb 7, 2006 at 01:03 AM The question still stands. Uh, uh, uh.......... I plead the Fifth! Actually, I think standards should be improved and proficiency better tested. More than just the semi annuals should be required. What semi annuals? Just because lots of people call biennials "biannuals" doesn't make them so! -- Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked infrequently. |
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12 dead this weekend from GA crashes - what about skiing??
by "Jay Honeck" Feb 7, 2006 at 04:52 AM
In the span of a week, three skiing accidents, a heart attack and an avalanche claimed the lives of four visitors and a ski patrol veteran. Well, really, when you get right down to it, downhill skiing is one of the dumbest, least productive, potentially dangerous activities known to man. In Skylune's world No!!! Don't regulate skiing. Live, ski, or die! But seriously, skiing, scuba diving, ultimate frisbee, should not come under FAA jurisdiction. We already pay user fees on 100% of the services we use. The AIP has no $$ allocated to cut trails or build lifts, and skiers don't need to talk to ATC. There are no NTSB investigations when a stupid skier (like that Kennedy that died on Aspen throwing a football around) gets killed. And skiers accept a certain amount of risk, which can be controlled. Kind of like rec. GA. |
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12 dead this weekend from GA crashes
Many pilots agree that there are unsafe fliers. Can they ever be totally eliminated
based on regulations? No. But there can be improvement. Until you get those pilots to admit that they are unsafe and take action to correct their "problems" they will continue to die and kill others. Personally I don't want shotgun approaches that impact me that are designed to catch the few. Ron Lee |
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Why the fascination with aircraft crashes/deaths?
Rachel wrote:
This should provide hours of reading: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/month.asp I used to read that for hours in college when we had class in the computer lab. I learned that I'm really not the dumbest person up there flying. Women usually aren't the problem. Case in point...look at the male to female ratio in the prison population. Ron Lee |
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12 dead this weekend from GA crashes
by alexy Feb 7, 2006 at 08:34 AM
"Skylune" wrote: by "Steve Foley" Feb 7, 2006 at 01:03 AM The question still stands. Uh, uh, uh.......... I plead the Fifth! Actually, I think standards should be improved and proficiency better tested. More than just the semi annuals should be required. What semi annuals? Just because lots of people call biennials "biannuals" doesn't make them so! ;-). ok. biennials. not semi-annuals. I think there should be more than biennials.... -- |
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Why the fascination with aircraft crashes/deaths?
Maybe external air bags on aircraft. Then they cannot crash. Cirrus
already has a parachute. Can any vehicle really be made idiot proof? |
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12 dead this weekend from GA crashes
What would be wrong with mandating better security at GA airports?
What would be wrong with enforcing noise abatement? What would be wrong with charging people for the services they use? Because NONE of the above is a real threat to anyone and THAT money can be better spent elsewhere. DUMBASS! The Monk |
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