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Old 7th Jan 2014, 10:38
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lifeafteraviation
 
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you have the wrong country. We don't do that here in the US.
Are you kidding? Most pilots who believe that are naive. The reason it doesn't happen very often is most pilots are professional enough and most countries don't scapegoat innocent pilots for political reasons as easily as they might in say...Brazil.

If you have an accident it's not criminal but if you knowingly operate in a dangerous and reckless manner for personal gain... It doesn't matter what profession you are in, it's criminal if you damage property or injure or kill someone due to deliberate negligence or recklessness.

I can't see any way that this situation doesn't qualify unless the facts we have so far are completely wrong...but we can listen to the tape.

This is something you need to consider if you are a pilot for a small operator and feel pressured to do something dangerous or reckless for fear of losing your job....you can definitely be charged with a crime if things go wrong like this did.
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