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Are you an AOPA member, and did you pay for the legal insurance? If so, it's free to talk to a lawyer specializing in aviation-related issues about this. Just call up the AOPA and they'll put you in touch with one. Will it help? I don't know, but it may give you some peace of mind.

And the hits just keep on a comin' https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/faa-opens-new-boeing-inquiry-after-jet-maker-says-it-may-have-missed-some-787-inspections-39e1b028?mod=business_lead_pos2...

That you, Leslie?

The photo is more than instagram-ready, it's actually a frame-grab from the instagram video which I downloaded. :) I picked a frame that seemed particularly nice. To me it seemed like a fine landing, and the pilot did a great job of keeping the nose wheel up as long as possible before it...

https://abc7ny.com/long-island-emergency-landing-cessna-152-plane-forced-to-land-on-cedar-beach-mt-sinai-after-reported-engine-failure/14753211/

Two things in the NTSB report that I don't believe were widely discussed in public are that flaps were found retracted at the scene, and the analysis showing that the "agglomerate stack" may not have been visible above the instrument panel. No surprise the pilot was faulted for descending...

Thanks, I was just about to post that exact quote... Gryder may still have some legal exposure here, either civil or criminal but I'm no lawyer so who knows?

Hoo boy...Gryder is featured in the NTSB report, regarding the red beacon light he stole during his trip to the accident site: "The agglomerate stack warning light was stolen following the accident, so an accurate determination of its operating status could not be made."

Think a lot of folks have been waiting for this one. I haven't read it yet. I know that Gryder's reporting on this caused more than a kerfuffel or two. https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104938/pdf

Seems like reports of ground incidents -- towing mishaps and vehicles vs aircraft -- are on the rise lately. Is this truly an increase in the rate of such events, or are these just getting more attention now? hhttps://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/1779977797944951047

Sometimes, bonfires provide inspiration....

...and there was probably something wrong with the ones that didn't, right? ;)

Isn't that the whole point of this thread? ;)

Maybe. Spirit was spun off and that didn't work out so well. Now I think I read that they are going to pull Spirit back into the fold. The commercial business could be similarly spun off as a whole. No purchaser required, just spin it off as a separate business. That could make sense if there...

Was discussing the management shakeup with a friend recently who suggested it was more about them being late on deliveries, and the bottom line than it was about the safety culture...despite public statements to the contrary. Well, today I saw this story at PJ Media, which would seem to add...