I think it's disgusting. The bloke was obviously frugal with his fuel and deliberately crashed into that house to avoid the landing fees. I bet he was sweating when it appeared that he might actually be able to make the runway, it took some skill to fake the panic he reported on loosing power to one engine.
C'mon guys, this fella obviously didn't depart with the intent of running out of fuel, so how did it happen?
I ask again, but more specifically now, how can an avaiation business be run on the principal of what *should* be left in the tanks after 2 weeks and 14 flights? I'm sure this guy didn't have enough hours to foster his own bad habits, he was taught this (as were the 14 captains before him.)
For the sake of hearing it again - this fella did not intend to crash his plane and further more, he believed that he had taken all precautions to avoid such an outcome.
WHY, in this day and age, do we have unreliable fuel gauges? WHY, if the R22, and others, can have reliable gauges and also a low fuel warning light, can't other aircraft? WHY do we continue with this ridiculous situation of using THREE different units for fuel? WHY don't we make the system, if not completely human-error-proof, at least more so, since whether foregiveable or not, these accidents DO happen?
and how many more lost aircraft and damaged roofs (or worse) will it take to get answers to these questions?