ScottM
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http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=8883721
This was just a few blocks from where my brother in law lives. When I first saw the video it looked just like his dad's old house too!
But I find the reaction of the airport manager to be very disturbing.
I say he is being insane in his reaction. Will he, if he gets his way, decide that what ever aircraft has a bad accident record will not get to land? How do you think Cirrus would like that? They are the current aircraft to get blamed for a lot of accidents. I also like who he is blaming the airplanes yet statistics show the pilot matter more in the accident than the airframe.
This was just a few blocks from where my brother in law lives. When I first saw the video it looked just like his dad's old house too!
But I find the reaction of the airport manager to be very disturbing.
So how would you like that airport managers to decide which aircraft are airworthy enough to use their airport?According to Airport Director Randall Walker, this incident is the worst air accident off the airport grounds in Las Vegas history. Now for the first time, Walker is publicly calling for more local control over what aircraft come in and out of airports.
Walker says the airport has no control over what aircraft fly in and out -- there hasn't even been a risk assessment for what kind of risks these experimental aircraft may pose. But he says he is going to start lobbying to get Congress to change the law and allow airports to have more control.
But again, Randall Walker says that these kinds of aircraft do not belong in urban areas.
I say he is being insane in his reaction. Will he, if he gets his way, decide that what ever aircraft has a bad accident record will not get to land? How do you think Cirrus would like that? They are the current aircraft to get blamed for a lot of accidents. I also like who he is blaming the airplanes yet statistics show the pilot matter more in the accident than the airframe.