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Yes, grieving widows and high net worth estates have been known to sue big pocket bystanders as named defendants in rich guy fatality cases. I'm not in the camp that believes liability is the root cause of costs being so outsized relative to what these things are in recreational aviation, but it...

As someone currently a pedestrian on account of it, I can tell you it's the 50k tag what grinds my gears, not the lackluster reliability, and I got the t-shirt on the latter. As I've said before, I don't mind settling for trash, I just want trash prices for the concession. The answer to your...

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Nah, thats just perception. Its always been this bloody. Landlady late husband perished on a botched go around in a bonanza almost 30 years ago, while she waited for him at the terminal. Same MO and general demographics as always have been. If you severely limit the weather profile, don't fly...

Speaking of relative, A lancair ES owner is also a rich boy from where I sit. Eta: looks like post 32 already beat me to it. BL, people die in/to/from OSH all the time. It looks like the concensus among the fan bois is that's an OK opportunity cost to the carnie keepin' on. I'm personally...

It's just the latest virtue signal du jour. An attempt at distancing from the "gryder" accusation, while still monetizing their pre-existing following in as transactional a manner as the latter. It's the equivalent of MSM broadcasting empty podiums during the 2016 election year. Many of the...

AN-2 comes to mind, especially the turbine converted ones.

post #2 beat me to it, but yes, Wells Fargo approves of this thread. :biggrin:

Possibly.

Sometimes DNR/DNI is the moral thing to do.....

You just described defense contractors.

Seems moot. If you didn't have a release/void time, they didn't block out the space for ya, hence you didn't hold anybody up. I would think ATC would be indifferent to the scenario as described, unless I missed the release time part.

Right, but some people are/were arguing the extraction process may have perturbed the scene and the position of the belt during the accident isn't as depicted by said picture. I tend to be more charitable and agree the pax side belt was indeed the one belted, but I argue it's possible the...

So the question, is that purported dearth of storage having a chilling effect in discretionary spending in this space? If no, then what is anybody belly aching about? Further, is it having a chilling effect on aircraft prices? If yes, then I actually welcome more shortages. It doesn't strike...

The assumption of pax side belted comes from the narrative of the redditor. What is the connection of the poster to the accident? We don't know, he didn't disclose that. So as always, it's evidenciary support filed under the "trust me bro" tab. In fairness, this is the PTSB (POA Transporation...

Don't judge the plausibility of that omission on just the picture. Remember, the airframe in that picture is wildly deformed/ buckled back. It is possible the level the belt sat before the accident was much lower on the stick, providing a much more pitch neutral position than the picture...

False dichotomy, because that's not how fatigue crack initiation and propagation works, at all. Again, the irony is that the action of picking option-a negatively impacts the delta-K of the assembly in question in the first place. So even by your statistician-centering, engineering-ignorant...

When everybody freaked out and ran to do these tests even on a voluntary basis (aka if the factor hours didn't call for one), there was a rash of panic when folks started to get false positives due to lack of cleaning of the hole area. Second tests after cleaning where the results were negative...

That's the thing, nobody needs to "show you the data", you're captive audience. I mean this with due respect, that TLDR bowl of numbers-salad you proferred is little more than impotent rage. Or are you the guy who unironically thinks the NPRM cOmMent pEriOd democratizes your participation in...

Excellent trip. Sounds like great memories were made. Sad about the kids you had to leave behind, but maybe the next one you can swap pairs lol. Ultimately, congratulations on avoiding the AOG monster. Remember to never look at a gift horse in the mouth when it comes to this hobby!