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Maybe - if he wants to always play the odds in favor of existing over actually living.
A life well lived entails more risk than a life where danger is minimized in every decision made. I'm guessing that Ford is well aware of the risks and has decided that the pleasure he definitely gets from flying is worth the small chance that flying will ultimately be his demise.
I completely agree.
And I'd much rather be in control of my own fate controlling an airplane than be T-Boned by some nitwit in an SUV too busy texting to look at silly things like red lights.
There's a lot of truth in the often heard claim by pilots that driving to the airport is the most dangerous thing about aviation.
That is one reason why you don't see that many Model Ts on the public roads, the people who own them have commin sense and know they aren't up to current performance standards. This had nothing to do with misplaced compliments about piloting skill, pure luck saved the lives of many on the ground. He wasn't faced with an engine failure, he was faced with a brains failure.
A passenger jet crashed at LaGuardia yesterday too. Did these pilots also have a brains failure?
I think Harrison Ford is a lucky man and it seems that he handled the situation correctly. Therefore there seems to be no reason for him to stop flying.
A passenger jet crashed at LaGuardia yesterday too. Did these pilots also have a brains failure?
Those pilots have no choice if the airline tells them to fly. Also, one would hope the plane has been inspected for mechanical and structural problems. Mr. Ford is welcome to take a chance with his life. However, flying a plane that has a good chance of mechanical failure over public lands is a bad decision. If he had hurt or killed a golfer for the purpose of "indulging his passion" he would not be justified.
When a car suffers mechanical failure it most usually comes to a stop. An airplane falls from the sky.
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Those pilots have no choice if the airline tells them to fly. Also, one would hope the plane has been inspected for mechanical and structural problems. Mr. Ford is welcome to take a chance with his life. However, flying a plane that has a good chance of mechanical failure over public lands is a bad decision. If he had hurt or killed a golfer for the purpose of "indulging his passion" he would not be justified.
I'll take the word of a trained mechanic who has inspected the airplane and found no 'good chance of mechanical failure' over anyone else's. BTW, one doesn't 'hope' a plane has been inspected for mechanical and structural problems, it's a requirement.
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When a car suffers mechanical failure it most usually comes to a stop. An airplane falls from the sky.
"Falls from the sky" is hyperbolic BS used by the media, airplanes do not just 'fall from the sky'.
Aviation is an inherently dangerous business. Vintage aircraft fly by the same rules as modern aircraft and no amount of piloting skill or lack thereof can prevent many accidents. More crashes end up in tragedy then they do in miracles....
This had nothing to do with misplaced compliments about piloting skill, pure luck saved the lives of many on the ground. He wasn't faced with an engine failure, he was faced with a brains failure.
Please explain how this was a "brains failure".
He lost his engine. He communicated this to the ATC and stated a need for an immediate return to the field.
He quickly determined that he did have sufficient altitude or airspeed to make the field. He identified a flat an unpopulated area to execute a forced landing.
Literally every single day small single engine aircraft suffer engine failure. This was pretty much a textbook case of what to do right when that happens.
You know, he never crashed when Chewie was at his side. He needs to keep flying. He just needs his co-pilot back.
agreed, he shouldn't be flying Solo
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