Matt Whiting wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote:
Aviv Hod wrote:
Fellow pilots, let's be nicer to our passengers than this pilot
apparently is. If anyone in the plane has a bag at the ready, it's
not a good time to pull zero G maneuvers!!

http://www.break.com/index/barf-bags...k-at-0-gs.html

This is pretty funny though :-)

-Aviv

In my opinion this pilot would not end up on my list of people I would
recommend.
This "stunt" is unwise as a general rule, especially in aircraft like
this one; especially loaded with passengers; especially with baggage
in the baggage compartment; especially with that baggage not tied down
and secured; and most importantly, especially at the high rate of
forward pressure this pilot was obviously using to "create the effect".
It's very possible to take these airplanes right on through 0 g and
into negative g if this is done fast enough and these airplanes are
not designed for that. Carried to the extreme, this "stunt" could
cause real structural problems.
And all this doesn't even address the fact that at least one passenger
on this flight was taken from the role of passenger and made a victim
by this totally inappropriate, unprofessional, and unnecessary act of
stupidity by this pilot.
Demonstrating things like this in a loaded airplane is not the way to
impress the ladies.
I hope I've made my point on this perfectly clear.

Dudley, it took you a lot of words to say that this pilot is a flaming
idiot ... but I agree with you 100%. :-)

Matt

It's the old CFI in me. Just saying someone is an idiot doesn't finish
the job for me. Stating the exact REASON he's an idiot just might help
keep someone reading my posts from getting hurt.
Keeping people alive in airplanes is an ingrained habit with me I guess.
Otherwise, please excuse any perceived tendency toward being overly
pedantic (which I can of course be at times :-)


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Dudley Henriques