Glider Pilot arrested for airspace

On 1/11/2013 8:22 PM, Ramy wrote:
Sure, why not reward them even more. I wonder if you would think the
same after seating in jail sharing a cell with criminals for over 24
hours due to these morons. I for one hope that the agreement not to
sue them has no merit and that Robin will be able to buy himself a
nice collection of new motorgliders funded by their pensions and
bonuses, to make up for the trauma of spending a day and night in
jail. Sigh!!

I'm sure it's hard in the heat of the moment to take the long term view,
and I don't fault the pilot for not doing it. My suggestion is just an
extension of the usual advice for handling a landout: try to make
friends, try to get the farmer to the glider club for a ride.

I think it's a low risk strategy:

-if they are just ignorant, possibly now feeling foolish about
overreacting, an offer like this would calm them and give them the
chance to understand and like us; suing or similar might just make
enemies, which is even worse than ignorance

-if they are genuine a-holes without hope of redemption, they'll still
be a-holes without hope of redemption; suing or similar might make them
more careful the next time, but there's a good chance it would just make
them worse

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