One Lucky Dude in Milwaukee

In article
outaviation.com,
says...


Not all of the press was positive!
http://www.620wtmj.com/_content/news/story_801.asp


Well, it's not all that bad. Puts the FAA in a rather bad light for not
doing their job, but otherwise :

Had he been driving a car, instead of flying a light plane, the danger he
presents to others would have been much greater. It's a fact : light
aviation accidents very rarely cause any injuries or deaths to people on
the ground. The only significant danger is to those directly involved, who
are supposed to be aware and consenting.

Second fact : as a pilot, in the execsise of aviation activities, your
chances of being killed by another, negligent operator are close to nil. It
"can" happen, and has happened of course, but it is safe to say you are
master of your own destiny, and if you do right, avitaion will do right by
you. In car accidents it always seems it's the drunken kids who just held
up a drugstore who walk away from the accident, while the schoolteacher and
family of five perish. In aviation, you get out of it what you put into it
- that should satisfy those "Live Free or Die" zealots.

Third fact (artifact) - Aviaiton is a great ambassador for sobriety! All of
the pilots I know are careful about the amount they drink, and many do not
drink at all, BECAUSE of their aviation activity. Flying is a lot more fun
than drinking anyway. Medical qualifications in a more general sense follow
the same rule (look at Jay and his diet). Fact : The attitude of being a
pilot is good for your health, and reduces dangers to others and to
society.

GF