Of course a professional crew would not make such a mistake,
such mistakes as taking off on a runway 1/2 the required
length, or taking off with ice all over the airplane and
without turning the engine anti-ice on, or landing on a
short runway at Chicago, in a blizzard, or ...
Pilots are human beings, human beings make mistakes and
sometimes people die. Sometimes people die on nice clear
days.

As a pilot, my concern is for myself, if the airplane
doesn't kill or injure me, my passengers are probably going
to be just fine. My concern for human beings is more a
matter of shock in the pretty young girl on the back of a
crotchrocket being driven by a jerk. She of course is
wearing short shorts, a halter top, and sandals. If she
doesn't die, she will be damaged and her friends will say
she has a nice personality.

I am concerned about the parents who send their kids out to
do the lawn, bare foot with a 30" lawn mower. I am
concerned about the toddler in diapers being watched on the
street by the 4 year old sister.

I am concerned about whether the world will be in an open
shooting war in the next few months. I am concerned about
people who don't read history and keep doing the same things
over an over.



"Sam Spade" wrote in message
...
| Jose wrote:
| Most of them are not equipped to make that choice.
|
|
| So? We can't babysit everyone.
|
| Jose
|
| Some of us have more concern about our fellow human
beings. My
| categorical advice to those who ask me (I don't volunteer
this advice)
| is "limit your ventures as a passenger in light aircraft
to nice daytime
| clear weather and then only with a pilot you know to be
experienced."
|
| I was involved in some measure with the following accident
many years ago:
|
| NTSB Identification: LAX75AL019
| 14 CFR Part 91 General Aviation
| Event occurred Friday, October 18, 1974 in LONG BEACH, CA
| Aircraft: PIPER PA-23, registration: N501EE
|
| The joker took three innocent passengers with him. It was
nighttime at
| KLGB and their was thick ground fog. The joker was some
500 pound
| overweight and elected to make an IFR departure to on-top
using Runway
| 16L In those days there was a giant natural gas tank off
the end of
| 16R, which required a mandatory ceiling and vis for
commercial operations.
|
| The ground controller (same hat as local controller at the
time of
| night) almost pleaded with the guy to use Runway 30 (the
usual IFR
| runway, and clear of obstacles).
|
| The pilot refused and crashed into the tank, killing
himself and three
| folks who were led to believe this joker actually knew
what he was doing.
|
| The aircraft would have still hit the tank had it not been
overloaded.
| Had it taken off on Runway 30 it would have made it with
the overweight
| condition.
|
| This stuff goes on on the time in G/A. Not by everyone
for sure. But,
| by enough folks that the hapless passengers is just
rolling the dice.