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"Dan Luke" wrote: Yes, but we were talking about what we see quoted in the media. A recent fatal crash around here had very similar circumstances to the ones you describe, but the "We told him so!" comments never appeared on TV. The "we told him so" comments never appear in the media, which I know is your point. If they did, there would be little point in even running the story for today's media. On the other hand, some pilots are just as guilty of glorifying and defending accident pilots, which is particularly inexcusable. Every time I hear of an accident reported in the media, I know I'll hear two things: "He was an excellent pilot," and "the engine was cutting in and out," as if the only thing that could possibly make an airplane come down is an engine failure. JKG |
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"Jonathan Goodish" wrote: "Dan Luke" wrote: Yes, but we were talking about what we see quoted in the media. A recent fatal crash around here had very similar circumstances to the ones you describe, but the "We told him so!" comments never appeared on TV. The "we told him so" comments never appear in the media, which I know is your point. If they did, there would be little point in even running the story for today's media. On the other hand, some pilots are just as guilty of glorifying and defending accident pilots, which is particularly inexcusable. Yes. Perhaps it is merely reluctance to speak ill of the deceased--at least publicly. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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"Dan Luke" wrote: On the other hand, some pilots are just as guilty of glorifying and defending accident pilots, which is particularly inexcusable. Yes. Perhaps it is merely reluctance to speak ill of the deceased--at least publicly. Perhaps, but I suspect that it's reluctance to admit that many GA pilots aren't as proficient or don't possess the best judgment--and therefore are not as safe--as we'd like to believe. JKG |
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On 02/06/06 10:18, Jonathan Goodish wrote:
In article , "Dan Luke" wrote: On the other hand, some pilots are just as guilty of glorifying and defending accident pilots, which is particularly inexcusable. Yes. Perhaps it is merely reluctance to speak ill of the deceased--at least publicly. Perhaps, but I suspect that it's reluctance to admit that many GA pilots aren't as proficient or don't possess the best judgment--and therefore are not as safe--as we'd like to believe. JKG Don't discount the propensity of the media these days to want to sensationalize news stories. A crash of an airplane by an excellent pilot is a much bigger story than the crash of an airplane by a bad pilot. It seems they want to 'prove' that flying is unsafe, and showing that even the best pilots crash seems to meet that end. -- Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane Cal Aggie Flying Farmers Sacramento, CA |
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"Mark Hansen" wrote: : On the other hand, some pilots are just as guilty of glorifying and defending accident pilots, which is particularly inexcusable. Yes. Perhaps it is merely reluctance to speak ill of the deceased--at least publicly. Perhaps, but I suspect that it's reluctance to admit that many GA pilots aren't as proficient or don't possess the best judgment--and therefore are not as safe--as we'd like to believe. JKG Don't discount the propensity of the media these days to want to sensationalize news stories. A crash of an airplane by an excellent pilot is a much bigger story than the crash of an airplane by a bad pilot. Seems to me it would be the other way 'round. A rogue is news. |
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Mark Hansen wrote: Perhaps, but I suspect that it's reluctance to admit that many GA pilots aren't as proficient or don't possess the best judgment--and therefore are not as safe--as we'd like to believe. JKG Don't discount the propensity of the media these days to want to sensationalize news stories. A crash of an airplane by an excellent pilot is a much bigger story than the crash of an airplane by a bad pilot. It seems they want to 'prove' that flying is unsafe, and showing that even the best pilots crash seems to meet that end. It seems to me that most of the crashes that make the news do not involve "excellent" pilots--they involve pilots who exercised extremely poor judgment (usually historically), were operating contrary to regulation, or were not proficient or qualified for the operation being conducted. I would agree that the media usually doesn't make these points clear, or else there would no sensational story. The media would prefer to encourage the perception that the pilots were excellent and qualified pilots, with the concluding perception that GA is therefore unsafe. JKG |
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On 02/06/06 11:54, Jonathan Goodish wrote:
In article , Mark Hansen wrote: Perhaps, but I suspect that it's reluctance to admit that many GA pilots aren't as proficient or don't possess the best judgment--and therefore are not as safe--as we'd like to believe. JKG Don't discount the propensity of the media these days to want to sensationalize news stories. A crash of an airplane by an excellent pilot is a much bigger story than the crash of an airplane by a bad pilot. It seems they want to 'prove' that flying is unsafe, and showing that even the best pilots crash seems to meet that end. It seems to me that most of the crashes that make the news do not involve "excellent" pilots--they involve pilots who exercised extremely poor judgment (usually historically), were operating contrary to regulation, or were not proficient or qualified for the operation being conducted. I would agree that the media usually doesn't make these points clear, or else there would no sensational story. The media would prefer to encourage the perception that the pilots were excellent and qualified pilots, with the concluding perception that GA is therefore unsafe. That was exactly the point I tried to make. I guess I didn't do it very well ;-( -- Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane Cal Aggie Flying Farmers Sacramento, CA |
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And if that person had instructed the pilot in question, it would
certainly be in their best interests to suggest that the pilot was "excellent", lest they be pursued by the attorney of the family for negligence caused by signing off a "bad pilot" for a BFR, certificate, etc. |
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