Skylune wrote:

Pilots just like to blame everyone else for the problems of GA, and never
place the blame where it clearly, obviously squarely belongs: on the
pilots, the FAA, and the funding system.

I'm sure there are pilots like you describe, but to make such a stupid
generalization is, well, stupid.. But we've come to expect nothing more
from you, so you didn't disappoint here.

My experience has been that *most* pilots have a strong sense of
personal responsibility and don't blame others for their own mistakes.
But these folks stay out of the spotlight by not causing accidents, or
attempting "stupid pilot tricks" like buzzing, (exercising good
judgement) and staying current and competent in their aircraft so as
not to become a statistic and put aviation in a bad light. You never
hear from these people, just the ones like the MU-2 pilot that killed
his friends.

Here's the link to the NTSB brief of the accident. Incredible how
someone like that slipped through the cracks for so long. Obviously the
pilot/owner was a weasel with a spotty record that shouldn't have been
in the air in *any* airplane, never mind a MU-2 IMHO.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...FA105& akey=1