Captain Avgas
Well Known Member
The crusaders
The problem with the self appointed GA safety brigade is that they work backwards. Despite any and all data to the contrary they prefer to insist that GA has a safety dilemma. This justifies them continuing to provide pretentious personal opinions and other largely gratuitous advice aimed at imposing their level of acceptable risk onto other pilots.
Arguing with them is futile. They think they have the moral highground and like all fervent crusaders they see themselves as the repository of the only truth. They're obsessive.... and they're out to save souls.
The danger of the safety brigade is that they are alarmist while at the same time being totally ineffectual in influencing accident statistics. They achieve nothing more than reinforcing a public perception that flying small aircraft is a highly dangerous hobby pursued by a bunch of daredevils. In the end this invites regulatory restrictions and also scares potential pilots from joining our ranks.
Regards Bob Barrow
The problem with the self appointed GA safety brigade is that they work backwards. Despite any and all data to the contrary they prefer to insist that GA has a safety dilemma. This justifies them continuing to provide pretentious personal opinions and other largely gratuitous advice aimed at imposing their level of acceptable risk onto other pilots.
Arguing with them is futile. They think they have the moral highground and like all fervent crusaders they see themselves as the repository of the only truth. They're obsessive.... and they're out to save souls.
The danger of the safety brigade is that they are alarmist while at the same time being totally ineffectual in influencing accident statistics. They achieve nothing more than reinforcing a public perception that flying small aircraft is a highly dangerous hobby pursued by a bunch of daredevils. In the end this invites regulatory restrictions and also scares potential pilots from joining our ranks.
Regards Bob Barrow
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