Michael182/G wrote:
I didn't post this for us as a community to "monday morning
quarterback" this fortunate pilot's decisions.

Amen, Mike..

He made a snap decision based on what he thought was the right thing to
do. He lived to tell about it. Nobody else was hurt. Yes.. the plane is
totalled. Yes, that may impact someone elses insurance rates.. but ya
know what? He lived. The BRS did its job.

Could things have been done a bit better? Certainly.

The truth of the matter is... the pilot blacked out and KNEW that he had
blacked out. This happened without warning. He came back around in an
unusual attitude in weather that while not IMC was by his definition
"marginal". He had NO idea if he was about to black out again. It could
have happened at any moment.

How many here would have castigated this guy had he NOT pulled the
chute, blacked out and happened to crash into Indian Point, or spiral
into the fuel farm... or wipe out a playground full of children
somewhere along his path?

I'm glad it worked out "favorably" for him. It sucks loosing the medical
though... (from a medical standpoint, he is right, his flying days are
over... untreated, the tumor predisposes him to sudden incapacitation, a
disqualifying condition... treatment likely will require neurosurgery,
and more times than not, that results in the emergence of a seizure
condition that requires medication.. ALSO a disqualifying condition).

Kudo's to the pilot,
Dave