ORIGINAL: P-51B
ORIGINAL: jvolkes
ORIGINAL: FLYBOY
It is very cut and dry. There is no mistaking! If you don't have the pin and you shoot someone down, you should pay for the plane or at least offer. There is no other way to look at it!
You don't accidentally turn on a radio. You do it with the full intention to turn it on. If you don't have a clip, it is not an accident, it is a blatent act that can be avoided.
I can't believe you needed another poll to even ask. If you get the clip before you turn on, you won't have a problem. End of story.
If a person shoots somebody dead with a gun, are they innocent or guilty?
YES or NO?
Well let me see....
The person could be a soldier...
The person could be under attack...
The person could be a murderer..
The person could be a state executioner...
Your poll question is biased. It's not a 'Yes" or "No" issue.....
That's just
stupid.[/size]
Was the airplane breaking and entering to your house when you turned on your radio?
Was the plane trying to kill you, so you turned on your radio?
Was the plane ordered to execute you, so you turned on your radio?
Was the airplane a member of the Taliban, so you turned on your radio?[/size]
The question is a "Yes" or "No" issue.
Reason for edit...to add the color also!
P51, you're wayyyyyyyyyy out of line. I see jvalks point exactly. This poll needs a third line for those of us that want to hear the circumstances under which the
accidental shoot down occurred.
Accidents happen at the field, and this isn't a black and white issue. It isn't YES or NO, but YES, NO, and
DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. What are the circumstances? Did the pin get knocked of the board by accident. Did someone remove it accidentally, and put it back on the board on the wrong channel?
All these things happen at flying fields. MULTIPLE people access the frequency board. Anyone can make a mistake, and anyone else can be blamed for that mistake.
Unless you propose to have every club hire a person whose sole responsibility is to mange the frequency board, then accidents can, and will happen.
I want to know the circumstances involved in the shoot down before I say whether or not a person is responsible.
That's the third choice that's missing from this poll.