Attorneys have no compunction about lying when there is a jackpot in the offing. They have no moral anchor, and no shame.
And, sadly, otherwise good people somehow believe that they are owed big money when an accident takes a relative.
This, my FRiends, is the true face of "greed".
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This will cast a pall over all aviation events, I’m afraid.
At least the ones in which elderly pilots drive elderly airplanes in races where winning and creating excitement for the spectators sitting under the path of the aircraft is more important than common sense.
I have posted earlier that the dozens of pilots killed, and dozen spectators killed in recent decades, for this small event, would be like 3000 annual NASCAR fatalities. (”Whee! It’s fun to see guys go fast!”)
It’s insane, and a friend whose father was a naval aviator decades ago participated in Reno, and said that it was irresponsible, and he would never go back.
Shut the sucker down until they can ensure that a failure on a vintage aircraft with an elderly pilot won’t wipe our innocent spectators.
This was friggin’ NASA Challenger disaster logic. (”It ain’t crashed before, so let’s keep lowering safety standards until we have a disaster - Duh!”)
I don't think so. Ramstein in 1987 didn't do that.
Personally, I'd be happy to sign a waiver for me and my family at Dayton and any other airshows we attend.