Sports RIP Kobe
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KiwiRob
Autotechnik Ace
Completely true, still doesn’t get around the issue that I don’t think the staged grief and emotional outpouring over some dead athlete or any celebrity is worth the effort.
KiwiRob
Autotechnik Ace
nice spin, why would you assume I don’t know the distance? He choose to take a helicopter to his kids game, when almost everyone else would have driven, and now he’s dead. Hard difficult is that to understand?
CrunchSlaughtered
RPM Ruler
I don't want to add fuel to the fire but KiwiRob has right concerning the choice to fly. The police chief said that the conditions prohibited their helucopters from flying and they remained on the ground. So choosing to fly must have been quite a risk.
Your comments seemed to be motivated by a feeling it was ostentatious or excessive to take a helicopter from one suburb of LA to another, so I was giving you the benefit of the doubt of not knowing just how far and how long the journey would take by car. If you actually DID know, then it makes you an even bigger dickhead than I thought. Seriously, what an absolute abomination of a man you are, posting publicly that their death was their own fault and the fault of eight other people for taking a helicopter.
No he wasn't. KiwiRob was questioning Bryant's choice of transport, not the pilot's decision to fly. It's not up to the passengers to know the complex meteological rules that would or would not allow the helicopter to fly. Helicopters can fly in low visibility depending on the equipment installed anyway. And nobody even KNOWS the cause of the crash, and for people to be speculating is very wrong.
Seriously, this thread.
LaArtist
Wunderkind of Wheels
Ha! You think it’s up to the passenger to decide when to fly or not ?
More and more evidence are showing towards a f#ck up from the pilot.
But we will see as things unfold.
CrunchSlaughtered
RPM Ruler
In certain extend yes, he is not a box. This was a private flight and he could always choose wether to fly or not, when he is informed (I have no idea if this is the case here) that there is a risk, despite that a green light for the flight is given by the flight authorities.
This is simply wrong, period. The only authority on whether to take off rests with the PIC (pilot in command). Why are you even commenting when you clearly have no idea what you're talking about?
As if the PIC is going to say to the passengers "well, we CAN fly, but it's a bit risky, what do you want to do?"!! And there's no such thing as a "green light given by the authorities but there is still a risk". Either a flight is legal or not, and that depends on meteological conditions, the qualifications of the pilot, the equipment on the aircraft, and the equipment on the ground (such as CAT3 aerodromes).
Seriously, why do people post nonsense when they clearly have no idea what they're talking about?
So don't make any effort. You're not required to care, but just because you don't it doesn't mean other peoples showings of grief are staged, or in anyway invalid.
I didn't know who Kobe was, so I'm not going to throw out an empty sentiment "RIP" post, but if people genuinely care, why shouldn't they speak about it?
KiwiRob
Autotechnik Ace
I’ve driven from Newport Beach to Santa Barbara, I took about 2 hours, it's a bit further than Irving to Camarillo, so no I don’t see the point in taking a helicopter. And yes I do think taking a helicopter for a short hop like that is excessive. You should also know given your job that the flight conditions were pretty poor.
LaArtist
Wunderkind of Wheels
I’m a pilot trust me I know this , but I’m in Havana Cuba right now smoking a freshly hand made cigar. And i thought to myself do i really care to educate you and the other dude on flight rules and aviation weather?
Answer is no, not at all to be frank, the truth is out there go seek it! Or listen to what Betty says.
F this shit.
martinbo
Staff member
My sister-in-law's husband is a hotshot fly-boy and to quote him: "nah - too many opposing forces, mate!"
LaArtist
Wunderkind of Wheels
Yep.. those things are not meant to fly, you can make most things fly with the help of propulsion. But In this instance it does not seem like a helicopter problem but more a pilot error.
KiwiRob
Autotechnik Ace
When the passenger is paying the bills they can decide for themselves, you know this wasn't a commercial flight.
PanterroR
Lap Time Luminary
Finally someone normal in this thread! Thank you for this post!
KiwiRob
Autotechnik Ace
Why? He was a rapist and woman beater, he deserves about as much respect as Weinstein will get when he's dead.
LaArtist
Wunderkind of Wheels
sako97
Autotechnik Ace
This is disgraceful behavior in an effort to draw provocation. Pathetic.
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