On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:18:05 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in Message-Id:
hJyUa.151232$N7.20976@sccrnsc03:

this is childish. and you know it.
He has his point. Maybe valid to a certain degree and in the light of your
new security, freedom and your old "I sue you for that I have not thought
about the consequences".

Yes, it is. And IMHO it highlights Larry's suffocating paranoia better than
if I had blasted back with what I really WANTED to say to people like him.

Instead, why don't you think about the questions I posed in my
articles, perhaps run them by your family for an opinion, and respond
to those POINTS, instead of refocusing the issue on the type of people
you imagine my views represent?

My objection isn't about stifling you in any way, other than when your
behavior could potentially impact the hard earned image of
responsibility airmen must necessarily garner to navigate this
nation's skies.

Larry has no points to make, valid or otherwise.

I'm sorry you missed the point. I can attempt to make it more
explicit for you if you would like.

I don't know where he lives, but the America I choose to live in has NOT
degenerated to the point where I can no longer throw a party for you guys,
for fear of reprisals.

When you calm down enough to find the point, you'll see that your fear
of reprisal for the reason you state is unfounded.

It's just, that feel compelled (by a sense of aero-dignity) to express
my indignation at the _facts_ of your ill conceived marketing effort
in this forum, and the negative light it publicly casts on GA pilots
in this country.

What one does in private is his business, unless it impacts the rights
of others. Public behavior is subject to public scrutiny, because it
necessarily impacts the public.

Publicly inviting en route pilots to consume alcohol could easily be
spun by the unscrupulous news media into something that would reflect
badly on our fellow airmen. I'm sure that wasn't your intent, but ...

In my opinion, your licentious marketing campaign undermines the
public trust granted airmen by those over whom they navigate. Or it
sure wouldn't be difficult to spin it that way.


This is the article to which I'm referring:

From: "Jay Honeck"
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.piloting
Subject: Oshkosh Bound? Free Beer in Iowa!
NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.217.229.103
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:13:08 GMT

Yes, for those pilots who are hot, tired, thirsty, and en route to
Oshkosh on Sunday, July 27th, Mary and I are holding our First
Annual Fly-In Pool Party at the Alexis Park Inn & Suites in Iowa
City, IA.!

Plug in "IOW" on your GPS, and high-tail it on in -- your flight
into OSH on Monday will be that much shorter (we're just 80
minutes from OSH in our Pathfinder), you'll arrived [sic] more
refreshed -- and, besides, where the heck ELSE are you gonna get
free beer en route to the Big Show, anyway?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"



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Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
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