12 dead this weekend from GA crashes

Ron Lee wrote:

Another post noted that 12 people died this past weekend.

That particular poster has a reputation of simply stirring the pot and has
posted many anti-GA rants in the past. In my case, I KF'ed him long ago.

Do we post
every car accident and death, death from diseases and accidents?

Personally, as an active GA pilot I am interested in reading about aircraft
accidents and do not mind the recent surge of postings.

--
Peter

"Peter R." wrote:
Do we post
every car accident and death, death from diseases and accidents?

Personally, as an active GA pilot I am interested in reading about aircraft
accidents and do not mind the recent surge of postings.

This should provide hours of reading:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/month.asp

Ron Lee

Ron Lee wrote:
"Peter R." wrote:

Do we post
every car accident and death, death from diseases and accidents?

Personally, as an active GA pilot I am interested in reading about aircraft
accidents and do not mind the recent surge of postings.


This should provide hours of reading:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/month.asp

I used to read that for hours in college when we had class in the
computer lab. I learned that I'm really not the dumbest person up there
flying.

Rachel wrote:

This should provide hours of reading:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/month.asp

I used to read that for hours in college when we had class in the
computer lab. I learned that I'm really not the dumbest person up there
flying.

Women usually aren't the problem. Case in point...look at the male to
female ratio in the prison population.

Ron Lee

Maybe external air bags on aircraft. Then they cannot crash. Cirrus
already has a parachute.

Can any vehicle really be made idiot proof?

On 2006-02-07 15:02, darthpup wrote:
Maybe external air bags on aircraft. Then they cannot crash. Cirrus
already has a parachute.

Can any vehicle really be made idiot proof?


Yes, but then nature will evolve a dumber idiot, to match.

/Rolf

Rolf Blom G (AS/EAB) wrote:
On 2006-02-07 15:02, darthpup wrote:

Can any vehicle really be made idiot proof?


Yes, but then nature will evolve a dumber idiot, to match.

I know you were being tongue-in-cheek, but this reminded me of a news
report I saw several years ago regarding airbags in cars. A study
had shown that people were driving MORE recklessly, due to more and
more new cars being equipped with airbags. A safety expert said
something to the effect of, "people take more chances when they know
that if they crash, a big pillow will pop out of their steering wheel.
If you want people to slow down, then instead of an airbag, they should
put a big metal spike in the steering wheel."

He was joking, but I found an ironic grain of truth in his comment.

Kevin.

Ron Lee wrote:

This should provide hours of reading:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/month.asp

I suspect your suggestion is not really sincere. In response, here is
another useless suggestion: If you don't like the accident posts, use your
newsreader's "Ignore Thread" feature. Or better still, create a filter to
do it for you.

In any event, while I will periodically scan the NTSB reports, I prefer the
analysis-style articles found in /NTSB Reporter/ and /Aviation Safety/.


--
Peter

"Peter R." wrote:

Ron Lee wrote:

This should provide hours of reading:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/month.asp

I suspect your suggestion is not really sincere. In response, here is
another useless suggestion: If you don't like the accident posts, use your
newsreader's "Ignore Thread" feature. Or better still, create a filter to
do it for you.

In any event, while I will periodically scan the NTSB reports, I prefer the
analysis-style articles found in /NTSB Reporter/ and /Aviation Safety/.


--
Peter

And you are able to judge sincerity how?

Ron Lee

Ron Lee wrote:

And you are able to judge sincerity how?

Did you honestly think you were enlightening me with your suggestion and
that I had never heard of the accident report database before?

--
Peter