ORIGINAL: TexasSkyPilot
Well, my videos are back to giving tips on how not to cut your nose off to spite your face in your shop, or how to keep your shop neat. It's more interesting than this anyway, now that it's worn on this long.
Although I now have a strange craving for popcorn. That would be Oberst's fault, and I am pointing the finger! HE did it! HE did it!
Cool Gif's!
~ Jim ~
It's OK to blame me for this mess... I'm married and I'm used to the words, "It's your fault."
The NTSB Report is the only thing official so far, that's very true. I'm a full scale pilot and been flying back in the days when most piston aircraft had carburator heat and primer.
It is my experience that the FAA can do anything and their power is always increasing- either it's because people buy single seat ultralights, and fly them without any training, as a result killing themselves or damaging property. Or people flying rockets or R/C planes too close to FS aircraft.
If the FAA blames the R/C pilot, (which I do predict) who is to say they can't come up with new legislation restricting us R/C pilots even further? Sure the AMA can appeal and slow the process, but in the end the FAA will win if it ever gets in the court system.
Even if nothing is done, it's just one more thing the FAA can use against us later on.
Most of us FS plane owners don't insure our aircraft, I know my past instructors didn't. When ever a incident did occur it was always "Pilot Error" giving the insurance companies a loop hole to get out from paying anything.
So all the repairs will come out of the FS pilots pocket. The only way he can get reimbursed is if he goes after the R/C pilot in small claims court. When and if the FAA and AMA decides what needs to be done in the end, I hope it's the R/C pilot that gets punished, and not the rest of us. Most of us agree it is the R/C pilots fault and condemn his actions.
Pete