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Old February 27th 05, 01:44 PM
Matt Whiting
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NW_PILOT wrote:

"jd-10" wrote in message
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In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:


People talk about safety like it is an absolute and it simply isn't. It
depends on the circumstances


I've read this entire thread and while everyone else is too PC to say
it, I will:

You are a *****ing* fool. As big a fool as the OP. Flying single-engine
in the mountains at night is like playing Russian roulette with 4 of six
loaded.

You are a corpse waiting to happen. If you fly with your wife, she is as
well. It's death-wish assholes like you that give all the reasonable and
prudent GA pilots a bad name.

You're no different than a guy I used to see in Montana, at the annual
Schafer fly-in. I saw him drink two beers and then jump in his 185 and
go fly.

At the time, I told a friend "that guy is a corpse waiting to happen.
He's one of those guys who thinks **** won't happen to him, and one of
these days he's going to paint himself into a corner he can't get out
of."

Less than a year later, the guy was dead, killed in a collision with a
cumulo-granite not far from Schafer, scud running. He took two others
with him, the son of a bitch.

You remind me of that guy. No regard for your own safety, much less the
safety of others. I hope you wise up before you kill your wife.
--
JD-10



I would rather fly over the mountains at night in a single engine than drive
on today's highways theres way to many people out there that are on some
kind of mind altering substance "pansy pills" and some people think calling
some one you dont know a "*****ing* fool" may not be the safest thing to do
in this day and age also.


Yes, people like JD will make sweeping and stupid (and nasty to boot)
comments without really understanding risk management at all. I'll bet
he does several things every day that put him much more at risk than my
occasional night flights over the Appalachians. However, it was obvious
from the nature of his post that he doesn't have the intellect to engage
in a reasoned discussion as do at least most others here thus far.


Matt