Blender pilot:
I am absolutely sure you have done something dumb to endager your passengers at one time or another (If you are really a pilot), what happens if next time you don't get away from your mistake so easy?
Well...that depends. Did I just make an inadvertent one-time "dumb mistake" or was I deliberately and repeatedly doing something very, very stupid that was clearly outside of the regulations that I fly under and that resulted in the death of a relatively innocent bystander? Gee, now you've got me wondering...
I think you "real" pilots are so overwhelmed with misplaced loyalty and sympathy that you're not seeing the big picture here.
"real pilots should not chase after other pilots" its an unwritten rule.
Oh, I forgot. Quite right! Just not cricket, eh? Stiff upper lip and all. Unwritten rule. Jolly good show!
B*ll*cks. I'm surprised at all of you guys taking up for *** I guess he knows where to go to solicit people to fly the skydivers when he ends up in jail or gets his certs revoked. Probably no shortage of takers from you lot. "Hey, you thought *** gave you guys a thrill ride? You ain't seen NUTHIN' yet...hop in!" Yeah, 'cuz you know, they fly like that all over the world!
Bronx:
Sure a lot of people in the US knew the name of the pilot in the accident , but it wasn't on this forum until FD decided to say it.
LOL, what was that a sin? Is this forum sacrosanct? Ooooh, don't mention any names! How childish...of you. Yeah, we sure wouldn't want to prevent *** from going to some OTHER country to fly dangerously.
Hey Bronx, you're a policeman or something, right? If you saw a 412 with nine people dangling out the side doing low-level acro at some big gathering, wouldn't YOU arrest the bloke? As you yanks say, gimme a break.
You guys get all self-righteous, and it's not even for an honorable reason. Before any of you get up on your high horsey, remember this: a chap DIED for no reason other than a goofball helicopter pilot wanted to give some skydivers a thrill ride. If it was your brother, son or other relative that died, you all wouldn't be so quick to jump to the pilot's defense.