"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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"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

Another difference from "back in the day" is that once upon a time, flying
was the coolest thing around. Pilots were heroes, planes were every kid's
fantasy, and airplane accidents were frequent enough that they were not huge
newsmakers. Today, "those little airplanes" are annoying, pilots are "rich
guys", every accident is front page news, and mass air transit has turned
flying from an idyllic dream to a 600 mph Greyhound with the potential for a
cavity search.

People don't have the tolerance for flying today that they had once upon a
time.

KB