And didn’t have to wait the usual full year to train again. Her attorney negotiated 3 months.She had everything taken away and was a student pilot all over again. And lost her examiner privileges.
Both lost their ticket I believe.What did the Red Bull knuckleheads get after not getting a waiver but doing the stunt anyway?
And didn’t have to wait the usual full year to train again. Her attorney negotiated 3 months.
Right. I am sure the bureaucrats had a difficult time deciding how to deal with one of their own doing something that stupid.I think it had already been nearly a year from the time of the incident until the FAA "Emergency Revocation." Some emergency, if you can wait that long to take action. Who knows how many bridges she might have flown under during that time?
Martha wore a custom Tshirt to the Waynesville (a few miles upstream of said bridge) air show where she was the announcer that year which said "So many bridges so little time." Frankly, listening to her announcing the air show that night I'm shocked she could pass her written again, because her rambling definitely reminded me of the few seniors I've had the unfortunate experience with as they were in cognitive decline.
Also let's not forget that the Jeremiah Morrow bridge has a Zipline running through that valley the bridge goes over... A Zipline that was struck by another plane a few years prior. Those guys paid for their malfeasance to a higher being than the FAA however, so there's no FAA sanctions for that one.
Valid points, but I'm not tight jawed about the bridge; someone who never breaks the rules is as foolish as someone who always does. I bet it was fun, very low risk for her and others. I didn't get she felt above the rules, just that she was willing to do the deed. I don;t need to hear remorse, just acceptance that getting caught has consequences.THANK YOU! 100% agreed. Very clear to me that she regretted nothing and deemed herself above the rules.
…someone who never breaks the rules is as foolish as someone who always does.
Please explain. Never breaking the rules seems a worthy goal towards having a long, safe and uninterrupted flying career. Which I don’t see as “foolish”.
I hesitate to dive into specific examples, get down a rabbit hole if I pick a poor analogy, but I'll take a shot; coming home at night, beautiful evening, and get a surprise when the AWOS reports the home drome with 1/4 mile visibility. Overflying I see it's a patch of fog at the departure end, which is at a slightly lower elevation and next to a marsh. 3,500 feet of rwy, appch end clear, with only the last 200 feet in fog. I'm in a T-41 (172 on steroids). I'll probably be turning off at the mid-field taxi way. So I broke a rule (I think). As opposed to diverting, Ubering, etc., etc. I slept sound. If I'd been ratted out I'd own it, but without remorse. . .Please explain. Never breaking the rules seems a worthy goal towards having a long, safe and uninterrupted flying career. Which I don’t see as “foolish”.
I'm a big supporter of Martha. I like her writing, her personality, and the fact that she reminds me of the old-school aviators I grew up around. I think her punishment was too harsh, but she accepted it and moved on. Some people can't let it go.So I broke a rule (I think). As opposed to diverting, Ubering, etc., etc. I slept sound. If I'd been ratted out I'd own it, but without remorse. . .
I'm a big supporter of Martha. I like her writing, her personality, and the fact that she reminds me of the old-school aviators I grew up around. I think her punishment was too harsh, but she accepted it and moved on. Some people can't let it go.
In your case, even if you were busted, I would think you'd get a slap on the wrist. In my opinion, I think Martha turning off her ADS-B before the act, then lying and saying it was malfunctioning, is what cost her the license. If you're going to go do low passes at your buddy's grass runway, it would be easier to convince someone that you forgot to turn on your transponder when you took off than it would be to convince them that it suddenly malfunctioned before you started your dive, then magically came back on again!
No, it is no surprise, she even knew it was coming. I still think if she had left her transponder on, or had at least admitted she turned it off, it might have been a 6 month or a year suspension without revoking her license, but of course that's just my speculation. I'm a big fan of keeping your mouth shut and not admitting anything to the Feds... but flat out lying to them might have been the poke the bear couldn't ignore.Martha's latest bridge / transponder escapade was hardly her first offense. If you read her articles, you know she regularly admits to all sorts of violations and she constantly rips the FAA. When you poke the bear over and over, eventually the bear wins.
Is it any wonder that the FAA invoked the harshest punishment they could? If they could have, they probably would have preferred to stand her against the wall and shoot her.
get down a rabbit hole
For what the majority of us fly there's no real reason not to go basic med. Sure there are some commercial guys on here, but for your average Joe Bugsmasher flying his 60 year old Piper/Cessna for breakfast why bother with the 3rd class?
Isabel is an amazing person and I've worked with her on many projects. Flying magazine was not a good fit for her, so when they bought Plane & Pilot, the writing was on the wall. She's stepped away from aviation for now and is enjoying life. Hopefully we'll see her in aviation again someday.I realize this is old content, but I've been wondering what happened to Isabel Goyer for quite a while, and found this thread by searching. I'm glad to have the information.
For what it's worth, I was a subscriber to Plane and Pilot for many years, and finally dropped my subscription on account of the choice of editor. I wish no ill toward anyone; I simply couldn't abide having a certain social matter continually shoved in my face while trying to read about an activity for which I have passion. And I didn't appreciate some aspects of the leadership as well. I hope Goyer is doing well and continuing to enjoy aviation.
I hate to see corporate swallow-ups anywhere; those things seldom redound to the benefit of the general public in the long term. But that seems to be the way of our society now.
Isabel is an amazing person and I've worked with her on many projects. Flying magazine was not a good fit for her, so when they bought Plane & Pilot, the writing was on the wall. She's stepped away from aviation for now and is enjoying life. Hopefully we'll see her in aviation again someday.
Wasn't her point that if you run only off a spreadsheet then you end up sinking the ship? It wasn't "money doesn't matter", it was more that you can't run a business using only a spreadsheet.I wonder if a year of freelancing has increased her appreciation of spreadsheets?
Wasn't her point that if you run only off a spreadsheet then you end up sinking the ship? It wasn't "money doesn't matter", it was more that you can't run a business using only a spreadsheet.
Yeah those are real page turners.“In this issue, we fly the Cessna 172!”
Having run a business for 15 years, I can say one thing with certainty: you cannot run a business without a spreadsheet. I mean, you CAN, but the only place you will run it is into the ground.
About the same time I last read the NYT.NYT is now one of the most valuable media entities in the world. But when was the last time you read Time or Newsweek?
Companies would do better if they looked for and kept people who were "not a good fit". Otherwise they'll end up only people with only one way to look at things, all tell each other they must be right because everyone agrees with each other, and wonder why they can't do things differently. Having employees that are a Robert Palmer music video is a sure way to go stale. (Hint - for those not alive in the 80's, look up "Addicted to Love")Isabel is an amazing person and I've worked with her on many projects. Flying magazine was not a good fit for her, so when they bought Plane & Pilot, the writing was on the wall.
Companies would do better if they looked for and kept people who were "not a good fit". Otherwise they'll end up only people with only one way to look at things, all tell each other they must be right because everyone agrees with each other, and wonder why they can't do things differently. Having employees that are a Robert Palmer music video is a sure way to go stale. (Hint - for those not alive in the 80's, look up "Addicted to Love")
Are you under the impression marketing is not "actual work"?More and more it means “cultural fit”, which means people who get along and spend time doing marketing Kabuki dancing vs actual work.
Are you under the impression marketing is not "actual work"?
I don't market my business at all with exception of word of mouth...and I'm slammed.Marketing is like spreadsheets. Try running a business without it.