Fun Pilots?

[FN FAL]

How come when you go to www.google.com on their news seach section and type in "fun pilots" you get stuff like this...

Transcripts show pilots went off course before October crash

ST. LOUIS Moments before the crash that killed them, one of the pilots of a regional airliner told an air traffic controller they'd "decided to have a little fun" by flying at maximum altitude.

That's according to transcripts obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The documents say an air traffic controller commented that it's rare to see a plane like theirs flying at 41-thousand feet. One of the pilots responds, "we don't have any passengers on board, so we decided to have a little fun and come up here."

Both pilots died in the crash in Jefferson City, Missouri last October. No one was hurt on the ground.

The transcripts describe one air traffic controller's concern that the plane might not have enough gas. Then they detail plane's rapid descent.

Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

 

[AdlerDriver]

How come when you go to www.google.com on their news seach section and type in "fun pilots" you get stuff like this...

How come you're going to google and typing "fun pilots"?

 

[FN FAL]

How come you're going to google and typing "fun pilots"?

[drum roll]"ba-da-bump!"[/drum roll]

'Cause the un-fun pilots have been giving me wedgies lately...whazzup wit dat?

 

[A1FlyBoy]

that's gay.

 

[urflyingme?!]

How does the word "fun" mean those guys were taking risks? I understand the limitations on the CRJ-200 with regards to altitude. But just because they said the word "fun" the media decides they are reckless?
Give em a break....

 

[urflyingme?!]

I know a REAL fun pilot. A buddy of mine has a 1940's era taildragger. Knows everything about aviation histroy and such as well. We also go out and do spins and stuff, there's a fun pilot!