At Ohio a veteran stunt pilot was killed while performing a stunt. The next day the show continues.
How outrageous is this?
Look, if another air stunt accident happen not only the pilot dies and the plane destroyed, the debris can fall on the fans, or on innocent bystanders.
People seem to have absolutely no sympathy and just want to continue to watching this (sorry, boring) stuff.
Look, just how fun it is to watch loops and colored smokes come out? Besides, there are BIG risks involved. This is just not worth risking lives to do this. Just what do air stunts accomplish? Other than oohs-and-ahs. When an accident occur, should we mourn for the fallen one and realize this is something not to continue?
Pilots have difficult job to do. Just look at the complexity of their control panels. It is already huge accomplishment to know how to fly a plane. Their job is to handle a plane safely, don't need to perform stunts.
Another plane related news: news choppers crash into each other. Whoa. Newsreporting has gone too far. Just a reporter saying "there is a high speed chase" is enough. Pilots and Photographers' lives are too precious to risk. Also, I don't need a chopper giving me how busy is the Dan Ryan. A camera from a taller building will do. Too big risK (and too costy) for this type of reporting.
Some people die for money; some birds die for birdseeds. Pilots should not die for stunts and aggressive journalism.
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Equally senseless are car races. Every now and then race cars plow into the people, and more often perfectly good cars are involved in spectacular and fiery crashes. Why? why waste super high grade fuel going around in circles? the thrill of course. There is something inside the participants that must answer to the need for thrill and show-off.
Air shows are best to be watched on TV. It's the thrill again; flying in formation is cool and there is a risk to be in the audience.
News choppers - there is absolutely no need to fly to see the gridlock in the morning. Which weekday has not the same usual gridlocks? On rainy days the reports sit at the studio; and report the same boring and usual traffic problems.
The horrible crash earlier this week hope to send a message to the news producers to not compete so hard for ratings.
I hate newscasts, I have stopped watching them since the rise of the internet. I hate the flirting between the weather man and the perky anchors. Just read the news, damn it. "Let's go to the weather, hey where is the 8 inches [of snow] you promised last night?"
Competition and thrill is human.
People train hard to beat others to run 100 meters in a few seconds. There is no NEED to run that fast. Heck if an animal chase after you even the world record guy can't escape.
Air shows do not have this compete factor. Just waste of money. If it costs me 40+ dollars to fill up, how much gas alone need to fill the airplanes? Gas is a small part in the total cost, the risk involved is too great to measure.
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