Tragity

Well to answer the question you posed after the long car crash story, "No".
There are risks, and there are stupid risks. Putting a kid into an
unknown plane with a stranger goes down as stupid in my book.

"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
Well to answer the question you posed after the long car crash story,
"No".
There are risks, and there are stupid risks. Putting a kid into an
unknown plane with a stranger goes down as stupid in my book.

United, American, Southwest and all the others don't appreciate that
comment.

LOL. Yes. Too broad. Commercial flight is the safest form of
transportation, GA is the most dangerous.

Skylune,

Commercial flight is the safest form of
transportation, GA is the most dangerous.


Both those statements are wrong.
--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
Well to answer the question you posed after the long car crash story,
"No".
There are risks, and there are stupid risks. Putting a kid into an
unknown plane with a stranger goes down as stupid in my book.

What about an unknown school bus driven by a stranger? The safety of both
the plane and the bus--as well as the skill of the pilot or driver--is
vetted by the government. Quantitatively, the plane is more dangerous than
the bus, but not by so large a factor as to be patently unreasonable.

--Gary

So true,
And we put our kids on the bus 5 days a week! And in the young ladies
story ...you never know what other fool is going to be on the road. Or a
drunk driver. So Skylune must think all parents are stupid, including his
own ..for allowing him to drive a vehicle with all these risks that are
involved. I guess Skylunes kids are not allowed to move from the couch in
the living room ? Maybe they will grow up and sue him for twisting their
little minds so bad!

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
Well to answer the question you posed after the long car crash story,
"No".
There are risks, and there are stupid risks. Putting a kid into an
unknown plane with a stranger goes down as stupid in my book.

What about an unknown school bus driven by a stranger? The safety of both
the plane and the bus--as well as the skill of the pilot or driver--is
vetted by the government. Quantitatively, the plane is more dangerous than
the bus, but not by so large a factor as to be patently unreasonable.

--Gary

Good Lord.....

Hey, take a kid scuba diving for a day in our dive boat. Why check
anything out??

Take a kid skydiving for a day, free, no questions asked.

Or, come hunting with Skylune for a day (not really my picture, but I like
the T-shirt)...

http://www.thoseshirts.com/atf.html

"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
Good Lord.....

Hey, take a kid scuba diving for a day in our dive boat. Why check
anything out??

Take a kid skydiving for a day, free, no questions asked.

Those are unreasonable analogies, since the kid needs to be competently
trained to go scuba diving or skydiving. No professional training is needed
to be a passenger in an airplane.

Letting your kid get in a plane flown by your friend or neighbor or
colleague is admittedly more dangerous (per hour of activity) than letting
your kid get in a car driven by your friend or neighbor or colleague, but
not by an outrageous amount. There's no sound principle I'm aware of that
says that anything more dangerous than driving is unreasonably risky.

--Gary

Your first paragraph: i agree to an extent. I disagree to the extent that
by climbing into a plane, you are assuming exactly the same risk as the
pilot.

In the case of the second paragraph, I would (and have) let my kids in
cars driven by others if (and only if) I had confidence in the driver's
ability, judgement, and experience.

Simply because someone volunteers to fly YE does not make them safe or
competent pilots. Statistically, GA is the most dangerous of all forms
of transportation. There is no (reasonable) debate on this point. Is it
safe? Depends on your risk threshold.

However, as a parent, knowing that GA is the riskiest form of transport,
combined with not knowing who the heck is flying your kid around, and how
well maintained the plane is, is an unacceptable risk in my book. Better
to fly with a pilot that you know well and trust.

Skylune wrote:
Better to fly with a pilot that you know well and trust.

which is also an option with YE -- and as I found out, far more
enjoyable for the pilot as well; nobody puts a gun to the
head of the parents forcing them to take part.

--Sylvain