3
350DRIVER
con-pilot said:On every MU-2 thread I have expressed my feeling on that piece of crap. If the blasted thing had been grounded as I have stated before a good pilot would be alive today.
Yeah, using that very same logic the numerous friends and associates I have known and lost over the years would still be around today if they just grounded the C421/Metro/B100. Flawed logic in my opinion, many "good pilots" have been lost in all different types and make and models over the years and many more will be lost in the future. It isn't about the equipment in all cases, it is about the training, experience factor(s), and most importantly in my opinion the MX and upkeep of the equipment being flown. You can throw a "very good" pilot in a plane that knows his stuff but throw into the mix poor mx to save costs, cut corners, lackluster training, etc, then the outcome likely isn't going to be a pretty one. When it is man against machine....... Any plane can kill you just as quick as the MU-2 given unfavorable added variables thrown into the equation. A pilot can only minimize so much risk and vulnerability, many factors are beyond one's control and it is an accepted risk when one takes a position. Grounding all MU-2's just does not make much sense at all, actually it makes none as far as I am concerned.