[strider44]

Yup. I’m a 20-year military aviator. All helicopter time so admittedly not a ton of IMC time. I’ll tell you one thing, I learned a healthy respect for the weather after icing almost killed me a couple times. This guy was a rich asshole who bought a plane, logged a few hours and thought he was an expert. Very common to the Kennedy Clan - the asshole gene.

[kaila]

I was pretty disgusted by all the memorials on tv after he died. Basically, JFK Jr. was a failure in life. He squeaked by in law school, had to take the law boards 3 times, did not distinguish himself as a prosecutor, and then ran the failing George magazine.

His mother did not want him flying , because I suspect she knew he was going to fail at that. He waited to train as a pilot after she died.

Because he was a Kennedy, he became the anointed one. Even though a failure, a Senate seat was waiting for him. If he was still alive he could possibly be the Democrat front runner for a Presidential nomination.. Maybe this Presidential cycle.

Instead, he killed himself, his wife and sister in law .

Was this the type of person you would want as a Senator or President? Harsh statement, but true.