Originally Posted by
Sobelena
It was a very benign fly past. I understand that today's generation see it otherwise. I'm of the old generation, one which has (and I have personally) seen a lot more "adventurous" flypasts (yes, some with pax). For me this was a non-event. Leave the guy alone. He's retired now and won't be doing it again anyway. As for his living there or not, it was reported that he was a "native of the area", so obviously knew it well. Why otherwise would he have bothered in the first place? ATC was informed. Passengers were informed. There were no airshow or excessive type of maneuvering. Just leave it alone guys, no one is asking you to do it! Let's put it to bed now, where it belongs.
This is "Boys will be boys...." level excuses.
I think "today's generation" is likely a bit more in the right for not wanting to take pax on an ego trip joyride. Hopefully "your generation" is now mostly retired or put to bed.