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you don't figure he was getting pressured?I don't know who the pilot was, but it was one dumb decision to fly and he should have known better.
you don't figure he was getting pressured?I don't know who the pilot was, but it was one dumb decision to fly and he should have known better.
you don't figure he was getting pressured?
uh huh. we will see.Good question. Kobe looks to the pilot and says, pea soup. You think we can fly in this?
The pilot: I’ve done dozens of these before. No prob.
uh huh. we will see.
alternative:
rapey bryant: we can't wait any longer. we have to get to this game. fly now or get a new job.
Without doubt.
The good news is Im going to out live you, but, if not, Id expect, at most, for you to drink a shot of whatever while thinking "fvkk that guy" and "go gators".
I would sure as hell hope that a pilot, pressured or not, wouldn't fly in conditions that he knows could get him and everyone else on board killed. I would hope a pilot would be smarter than that. We're talking life and death here.you don't figure he was getting pressured?
We may never know. I'm sure some of those families have already retained counsel.I would sure as hell hope that a pilot, pressured or not, wouldn't fly in conditions that he knows could get him and everyone else on board killed. I would hope a pilot would be smarter than that. We're talking life and death here.
Somehow people forgot his say not so fine activities. Now he was a great bball player, and in retirement seemed to be doing some good.
That said I find it somewhat disturbing that his life is considered so more important than say the others on this flight, those killed in other accidents, and even some who just died.
I believe that it shows how much our culture values such individuals, more than say regular people and way more than say someone who made a larger impact on the world.
Just saying!!!
Well it's his fault regardless of course.I would sure as hell hope that a pilot, pressured or not, wouldn't fly in conditions that he knows could get him and everyone else on board killed. I would hope a pilot would be smarter than that. We're talking life and death here.
Police helicopters not flying really isnt particularly instructive. Those birds have to fly extremely low and watch vehicles or suspects. They actually fly under FAA minimimums and in controlled spaces too. Things that ground police birds often dont ground anything else.
That doesnt mean the weather wasnt terrible, just that the police thing doesnt mean much.
agree with this line of thought. I know Kobe's face and name and so his death hits me different than say a person I've never seen and don't know the name of. It has nothing to do with value or importance and I don't think it's an indictment of our culture. We're human and it's not particularly helpful to mourn the passing of every individual who dies every single day. IIs it really that his life is considered so much more important or that our culture values celebrities over say firefighters, or is it just that people are more familiar with individual celebrities and their lives and the familiarity breeds fondness. I mean, we could all watch firefighters on tv and get to know them all individually so that we’re more affected by their deaths, but that seems like a lot of effort.
Payne Stewart. Sat that afternoon and watched that plane on autopilot until it ran out of gas.
Hitting the hills at 170mph is what surprises me. Ive seen choppers land in pea soup on a hospital landing pad but they were usually just creeping along in the fog once they dropped below the terrain. If you get disoriented, why push the gas and drive into a wall when youre in a rotary wing?That’s only part of the story. The conditions and terrain changed markedly on the way up and over to the destination. It’s pretty apparent from that description, at least to me, that the pilot got deeper and deeper into trouble due to the conditions to the point where he couldn’t figure his way out.