Originally Posted by
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Who’s said he’s lost their sponsorship?
They’re not distancing themselves from it at all.
Like I said “it’s cool” to their customers.
They must think it’s good
PR for them.
As has been reported elsewhere, the FAA will do nothing, they’re not fussed.
If there is no insurance claim (Was he paid enough by ridgewallet to cover the cost of the aircraft) then he’s fine.
Unfortunately I agree that the FAA will likely do nothing after a brief investigation. The guy had plenty of time to flip switches and tamper with the scene before anyone got a look anything (assuming NTSB or FAA even went to look at the scene, which I highly doubt they did). As suspicious and likely as it is that he did this intentionally, I suspect it is going to come down to lack of evidence on this one.
And also as pointed out, so long has he doesn't make an insurance claim the fool will walk away from this with a bunch of advertising revenue off the stupid video.