"buttman" wrote in message
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On Nov 10, 11:33 am, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:
This is just exactly the type of press that general aviation does not need.


I think it's funny how people can laugh at this sort of thing when it
happened back in the day, but for some reason have a completely
opposite reaction when it happens in the present time.

For better or worse, we simply don't live in the same world that we did
"back in the day". For example, there was also a time when drunk driving was
considered cute, but today that same behavior will earn you a felony conviction
and time behind bars.

Dangerous flying has always been a stupid thing to do. One important
difference from "back in the day", is that today your stupidity is more likely
to adversely affect the rest of us pilots rather than just yourself.

Vaughn