[Falconspeed]

Give it up. The pilot is innocent and deserves prayers and pity, since he was pressured to fly by stupid Kobe. The storm that crashed the helicopter was intense. No helicopter belongs in storms like that.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

There's no evidence that Kobe pressured him. Kobe booked the helicopter, showed up at the airport and got on board. The pilot probably felt the pressure of not wanting to disappoint their biggest client, but no one has claimed that the pilot didn't want to go and Kobe harangued him into it against his judgement.

And it wasn't a storm, much less an "intense" storm. It was a calm Southern California day with a heavier-than-usual coastal morning fog. That's it.