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Old October 4th 05, 06:19 PM
Skylune
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Holy cow. A friend of mine (a like minded person who wants GA to be
professionalized and regulated -- no its not regulated now) just referred
me to this excellent piece of journalism. A bit dated, to be sure, but
still relevant. (Ironic that this was being written at the same time GA
schools were training the Saudi terrorists who flew into the WTC.)

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/fea...10.pomper.html



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Old October 4th 05, 06:47 PM
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"Skylune" wrote in
lkaboutaviation.com:

Holy cow. A friend of mine (a like minded person who wants GA to be
professionalized and regulated -- no its not regulated now) just referred
me to this excellent piece of journalism. A bit dated, to be sure, but
still relevant. (Ironic that this was being written at the same time GA
schools were training the Saudi terrorists who flew into the WTC.)

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/fea...10.pomper.html




Ah, your in the wrong thread, this belongs in the "Troll of the year
award" thread.

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-- ET :-)

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completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams
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Old October 4th 05, 07:04 PM
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In article
outaviation.com,
"Skylune" (the Fig Plucker's son) plucked
a fig, wet his bed (yet again) and scribbled:

Holy cow. A friend of mine (a like minded person who wants GA to be
professionalized and regulated -- no its not regulated now) just referred
me to this excellent piece of journalism. A bit dated, to be sure, but
still relevant. (Ironic that this was being written at the same time GA
schools were training the Saudi terrorists who flew into the WTC.)

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/fea...10.pomper.html



Once again, "Skyloser" (and the "reporter," Stephen Pomper) shows his
complete depth of understanding of GA (less than the depth of a
mudpuddle after a brief summer shower).

The piece is obviously a hit piece and worthless as objective reporting.
the writer sounds like a flunkout from a third-rate journalism school.
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Old October 4th 05, 07:14 PM
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It is truly frightening that you are allowed to pilot an airplane. Pilots
such as you will cause harm to come to GA. Therefore, keep it up,
Orville!

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Old October 4th 05, 07:18 PM
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That article was so full of half-truths and outright distortions as to
be laughable, although people unfamiliar with aviation (like the
author) might read it and be indignant that "those rich pilots" are
scamming the system.

I thought "Where to begin with this" but as ET pointed out it's troll
bait.

However, Boyer is right - you can't legislate common sense. What
safeguards are in place to keep a drunk from driving and killing
innocents? It happens a lot more often in cars than in airplanes if not
only because the number of road vehicles is much higher. JFK Jr. should
have exercised better judgement that night in his decision making even
though he was not legal to fly in the conditions that existed.

Skylune, how many people are involved in drunk boating accidents on
your lake in NH? What stops them from getting tanked and going out on
the lake? Same self-regulation that most pilots abide by.

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Old October 4th 05, 07:36 PM
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Funny, but the user fees and so called "corporatization" are happening,
five years after the article was published. Boyer has not succeeded in
his quest to stop it, and it is coming soon, to an airfield near you.
Just today, Bush talked about spending "offsets" to cut the deficit. The
groundwork is laid.

The author's main point was that a moron like JFK Jr. can fly legally
(LEGALLY, that is the point!) with VFR at night in hazy conditions,
unsupervised. This is a fact.

True, you cannot legislate common sense, and Boyer really likes to muddy
the waters. Saying that people drive drunk, or drive or fly drunk too
does not change anything). Besides, I have seen boaters and auto drivers
being given sobriety checks when they were pulled over. How often does
that happen with pilots?

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Old October 4th 05, 07:47 PM
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"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...

Holy cow. A friend of mine (a like minded person who wants GA to be
professionalized and regulated -- no its not regulated now)


Actually, GA is quite heavily regulated now.



just referred
me to this excellent piece of journalism. A bit dated, to be sure, but
still relevant. (Ironic that this was being written at the same time GA
schools were training the Saudi terrorists who flew into the WTC.)

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/fea...10.pomper.html


Actually, that is a very poor piece of "journalism", very little in it is
accurate.


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Old October 4th 05, 07:50 PM
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"ET" wrote in message
...

Ah, your in the wrong thread, this belongs in the "Troll of the year
award" thread.


Skylune declared himself ineligible for that award.


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Old October 4th 05, 07:55 PM
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In theory, yes. In actuality, of course it is not as all honest GA pilots
know you can bust minimums and get away with all sorts of stuff,
undetected.

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Old October 4th 05, 08:02 PM
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For those of you looking for an afternoon chuckle, here is a quite from the
article ...

" ... the world of private flying is full of these kinds of surprises. It's
the Wild Wild West meets Sherwood Forest stood on its head. Private flyers
are regulated in theory, but hardly supervised in practice. This generally
well-heeled group ..."

Michael


 




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