In 2014 a pilot flying with 2 passengers flew low along the Clarence River, hitting power-lines and causing the death of one passenger and serious injury to another. He was found guilty of 2 offences by a jury and sentenced to imprisonment but the judge suspended the sentence so that it was most unlikely that he would ever do any time in gaol.
The prosecution appealed. A few days ago the appeal court upheld the appeal and increased the sentence - but the pilot will still not have to go inside.
One of the things the court said was that "Punishment of those who commit offences involving flying aircraft is calculated to come to the attention of the relatively small group of persons involved in doing so in the community."
Hence this post!
Link to the court's judgment here:
https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decis...b058596cba1aed