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I responded to your quote, which didn't restrict itself to airline pilots. There are also people flying their own planes for fun. And military pilots. Both of w
by im3w1l 2y ago
I responded to your quote, which didn't restrict itself to airline pilots. There are also people flying their own planes for fun. And military pilots. Both of which may pull risky stunts in real planes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_aerobatics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_aerobatics
- nick_ 2y agoThe point you're missing is that the risk-taking & skill-honing that aggressive drivers perform is being done on public roads with other drivers who just want to commute safely. Your arguments are about pilots training in controlled conditions that don't put others at unnecessary, non-consensual risk.
- sokoloff 2y agoI am a GA pilot. I also do sim-based training rather than going out and doing risky in-airplane training in order to be safer. (There are some things that we do in airplane because it’s the most effective way available, but most of the really risky items we also do only in the sim.) I confined my upthread answer to airline pilots because that’s what’s familiar and relevant to most readers and seems most directly relevant to risk-reduction for passengers/non-participants. (We don’t do risky training exercises with pax on board either.)