Bad pilots, bad maintenance ruining general aviation

Mxsmanic wrote:
Bertie the Bunyip writes:

Could be worse, you could be flying, or trying to.

I'm actually almost pathologically safety-conscious in vehicles, and I would
be an extraordinarily safe pilot.

Doesn't matter how safety-conscious you are if
you're having an anxiety attack and loosing
bowel control on final....

Jim Stewart wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:

Bertie the Bunyip writes:

Could be worse, you could be flying, or trying to.


I'm actually almost pathologically safety-conscious in vehicles, and I
would
be an extraordinarily safe pilot.


Doesn't matter how safety-conscious you are if
you're having an anxiety attack and loosing
bowel control on final....


On an office chair behind a simulator.

Jim Stewart writes:

Doesn't matter how safety-conscious you are if
you're having an anxiety attack and loosing
bowel control on final....

If you're careful, you should be able to avoid anxiety.

Mxsmanic wrote:
Jim Stewart writes:


Doesn't matter how safety-conscious you are if
you're having an anxiety attack and loosing
bowel control on final....


If you're careful, you should be able to avoid anxiety.

Haha, look, the expert on not getting laid and being
afraid of airplanes is offering advice on anxiety.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Jim Stewart writes:

Doesn't matter how safety-conscious you are if
you're having an anxiety attack and loosing
bowel control on final....

If you're careful, you should be able to avoid anxiety.


Point is, you can't fly and you never will be able to fly.


Not ever.



Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote:
I'm actually almost pathologically safety-conscious in
vehicles, and I would be an extraordinarily safe pilot.

That's great, but being an "extraordinarily safe pilot" doesn't mean
accidents won't happen. There's absolutely no way that even the safest
pilot can anticipate ALL mechanical failures; even the very best
aircraft mechanics can't anticipate ALL mechanical failures. You can't
"make sure" your airplane is going to be 100% safe for the duration of
ALL your flights any more than you can "make sure" your car won't break
down every time you leave your driveway, despite all your and your
mechanic's best efforts.

Shirl writes:

That's great, but being an "extraordinarily safe pilot" doesn't mean
accidents won't happen.

They would be far less likely to happen than they would be if I were a
reckless pilot.

That's great, but being an "extraordinarily safe pilot" doesn't mean
accidents won't happen.

Mxsmanic wrote:
They would be far less likely to happen than they would be if I were a
reckless pilot.

Yeah, and that's something none of us already know?
Accidents in ANY situation are less likely to happen than when people
are reckless. How basic is that?

"Mxsmanic" wrote

If you must fly, make sure you know what you are doing, and don't take
stupid
risks. And make sure that the aircraft you're flying is in flyable (safe)
condition. Otherwise there eventually won't be any general aviation any
more.

Wow, thanks for that sobering piece of advice. And here I was, just about
to go out and take some stupid risks without knowing what I was doing in an
airplane that wasn't in flyable (safe) condition. I'm sure glad you stopped
me. I'd hate to be the reason that GA went away.

BDS

BDS writes:

Wow, thanks for that sobering piece of advice. And here I was, just about
to go out and take some stupid risks without knowing what I was doing in an
airplane that wasn't in flyable (safe) condition. I'm sure glad you stopped
me. I'd hate to be the reason that GA went away.

There are lots of pilots taking stupid risks. Some of them will flippantly
deny doing so, too, although it's hard to hide one's errors from the NTSB.