Small plane crash investigation on A&E

[rumpletumbler]

There is no substitute for ignorance when it comes to investigative reporting. I wonder what the safety record would be if we only had to be as sharp or have as many facts as the investigative reporter.

RT

 

[EagleRJ]

This one is a regular 14k turd. I am surprised. A&E usually has their stuff together, but this one is garbage.

I like the last lead out..."Next on A&E, how the next generation of small airplane pilots are training to use instruments to survive...."

What a crock...lol.

Actually, I think A&E's Investigative Reports has the worst track record of all the newsmagazines. Their exposes of topics with which I am familiar have regularly been the most uninformed, the most alarmist, the most generalizing, and the most biased to the left. Objectivity generally takes a back seat to sensationalism with their pieces. It's nice that they covered new technology in GA and talked with several industry advocates, but their overall tone was still that of Flying Deathtraps that Need to be Banned.

 

[TDTURBO]

I also liked the part about a pilot needing 20 hrs of training and 10 hrs of solo to become licensed.

I just hope the next time I go up my, "engine doesn't stall" in my Cessna Saratoga!


Sensationalism at its best....

 

[Flint]

I still have over an hours left until it airs in this great socialist state called California.

What about ultra-lights. No certification process or training to fly one. It raises a flag when these folks with limited training are in a pattern with trained pilots. What happens when proper airport procedures are not followed and one of those weed-wackers with wings takes out a GA? That would be a good topic for Bill to review.

 

[LR25]

You know, the one thing thats bad about the "Cessna" Saratoga remark.

When JFK Jr did crash, everybody became a Saratoga expert.

I mean, the bubble headed bleach blond on the 5 o'clock news was a piper expert. ("Smugglers Blues")

Its pretty bad after all the hubub about that unfortunate accident, they are entirely missing the boat here.

 

[Timebuilder]

When I see junk like this show, I have to shake my head and thank God (oops, sorry...) that I never engaged in this stripe of "journalism".