12 dead this weekend from GA crashes

In article
outaviation.com,
"Skylune" wrote:

by "Jay Honeck" Feb 7, 2006 at 04:52 AM


In the span of a week, three skiing accidents, a heart attack and an
avalanche claimed the lives of four visitors and a ski patrol veteran.

Well, really, when you get right down to it, downhill skiing is one of
the

dumbest, least productive, potentially dangerous activities known to man.

In Skylune's world

No!!! Don't regulate skiing. Live, ski, or die!

But seriously, skiing, scuba diving, ultimate frisbee, should not come
under FAA jurisdiction. We already pay user fees on 100% of the services
we use. The AIP has no $$ allocated to cut trails or build lifts, and
skiers don't need to talk to ATC. There are no NTSB investigations when a
stupid skier (like that Kennedy that died on Aspen throwing a football
around) gets killed. And skiers accept a certain amount of risk, which
can be controlled. Kind of like rec. GA.


They get avalanche patrols/protection, emergency medivac, snowplows,
highway patrol -- all at taxpayer expense.

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by Orval Fairbairn Feb 7, 2006 at 05:48
PM




They get avalanche patrols/protection, emergency medivac, snowplows,
highway patrol -- all at taxpayer expense.

The ski patrol are volunteers. No federal funding. In fact, you have to
pay for the first aid training yourself. Avalanche patrols: Not familiar
with how they are funded -- maybe state or local forestry types...

Emergency medivac: Your insurance pays for ambulance services. A ski
patrol will put you in a sled on the lower elevations -- no charge to
uncle sam.

Snowplows and highway patrol: I haven't seen any on the slopes. I'm not
sure what function they would serve.