driftrider
Veteran
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA. (In my own little world)
| Assumed risk?!...just another excuse that people use to pass the buck! If lawyers were anchors the world would be a better place. So then, if I understand this concept correctly, if I take my heli out the the field and set it in the pits then it's MY fault when someone crashes into it?! This is one of the main reasons our society is going right down the crapper. Nobody takes responsibility for their actions anymore. I understand that mishaps happen, but by taking off the pilot assumed at least some responsibility for the accident because parked aircraft are supposed belong in the pits, flying aircraft do not. By this same logic one could argue that by building a house it is the home owners fault when the neighbor's brat hits a home run through his picture window. Or, having parked ones vehicle on their driveway which is private property just like most fields, and it gets hit by a careless/reckless/drunk driver then it's the owners fault since he should have known the risks of parking there. Assumed risk can be used to justify ANYTHING! Gee, it's not MY fault that I rear-ended him, he shouldn't have stopped there! I guess this is the way it's done in Kalifornia, and this type cancerous philosophy seems to be spreading at a phenominal pace across this country. God help us all...
blazen,
You come down awfully hard on beginners for trying new things. Weren't you a beginner once too, back in the day? You make it sound like you were born the perfect pilot, but I'd bet you've made a mistake or two during your time as a pilot. I hear people say that one shouldn't be doing forward flight until they can auto, but how can they practice auto's without going into forward flight? I'm pretty new to this, but I understand that straight down auto's, while possible, are far more difficult than autos with forward airspeed, surely you must too? I think that pushing ones limits is the real buzz of this hobby, provided that one excercises due caution, otherwise we'd all be content just hovering around. There is a certain order to learn things in, but to expect people to master one thing perfectly before moving on is unreasonable. And if one screws up as damages someone elses stuff who had no part in causing the accident, then they should compensate them for their loss. Everybody tries everything for the first time once, and everybody crashes trying new things, so lighten up. It also seems to me that you get down on less experienced pilots sharing their knowledge and insight with others. I don't think that one needs to have 20+ years of experience to know a little something about building and flying helis. And, conversely, I don't think that all of the people who have been flying for 20+ years have all the answers, either. Just because someone asks a question about building or flying a heli doesn't mean that they are incompetent and cannot respond to other peoples questions on other subjects that they might know more about. There are many different ways to approach this hobby, none of which are completely right or completly wrong.
Mike
What do you call one million lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A damn good start!  |
