Likely we have all seen "pilots" (as before, I put pilot in quotes as I do not believe people who do illegal maneuvering are deserving of the title) perform stunts who are:
1) not trained to do said maneuvers
2) in aircraft not certificated to perform said maneuvers
3) are not in a specified aerobatic box to perform maneuvers in a safe manner
4) endangering lives other than just their own
It is point 4 in this case that I'm am extremely upset to read about. I have talked about incidents before here and here, however in a recent case the "pilot" performing the stunt ended four lives other than his own, including two children. This is not a pilot, this individual was nothing else but a murderer.
The NTSB report goes on to say that the "pilot" "was known to perform ostentatious maneuvers in the accident airplane on previous occasions". The very sad takeaway is that "pilot's" colleagues have witnessed the "pilot" performing illegal maneuvers as well as endangering his, and possibly others', lives. They had the chance to talk with him (hopefully they did). They had the chance to report him to the FAA (unlikely they did). Perhaps if proper action had been taken those four other innocent lives would not have been lost due to one "person's" highly inflated ego.
If you see someone performing illegal maneuvering, get involved, say something. It may save a life.
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