Originally Posted by
OvertHawk
If people are successful enough to buy a helicopter it's because their risk taking and possibly rule breaking has paid off. This can instil a dangerous over confidence.
That is a bit of a generalization, arrogance is something present in a broad range of people.
There are many ways to become successful.
Business owners are very good at managing risk, purely taking risk isn't a good strategy for getting ahead.
There are many, many private owners. Very few end up in a smoking hole with trace amounts of speed in the blood.
It's not that simple trying to put a large and varied demographic into one neat little box.
Personality traits are a leading factor in fatal accidents, it is something that applies to everyone both with thick and thin wallets.