"tony roberts" wrote in message
news:nospam-7E8DDE.22231620062004@shawnews...
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Would you report her - or would you forget it?
I'm having a hard time thinking of reporting her,
I'll have a harder time if I do nothing and she crashes next week.
What would you do?

I'm not sure I'm entirely clear on your narrative. It looked like from what
you wrote that you know someone who personally knows the pilot you're asking
about. Is that right?

If so, I'd say the first step is to try to work through your friend to find
out what the deal is with this pilot, and whether she understands what a
hazard she is. That she would attempt to participate in such a crowded
situation with so few hours, and with so little in the way of basic piloting
skills seems very strange, unless she is completely oblivious to her own
limitations.

If you've ascertained that she is unable to understand that she needs more
training and more experience, or you are unable to make contact with the
pilot, then I'd say that the local FSDO is your only option, should you want
to do something.

The question of whether you should depends on your own ethics..."Michael"
obviously feels it's none of your concern. I disagree...as I've said before
in similar situations, if you could be sure the only person she'd kill was
herself, then it's an issue between her and her maker. But you can't be
sure of that, can you? She may kill a passenger (or more than one), and she
may kill people not in her airplane.

Me? I'd report her. I've been called a "tattle-tale" countless ways by
now, by people who would rather die than improve the safety record, and I'm
used to it. Be aware that plenty of people will disapprove of you if you do
tell.

But ultimately, only you can decide what the right course of action is for
you to take.

At the very least though, you ought to file an ASRS report. This was
clearly a hazardous situation, in which a single pilot managed to disrupt a
busy fly-in, and it's the sort of thing that belongs in NASA's database.

Pete