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The thing that really shits me is the pilot that they chose to highlight.

Not sure what can be said about her two "incidents" other than she's an idiot. Now she is teaching others.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/pf/ ... obs/4.html

When former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens died in a small plane accident recently, it underscored the hazards Alaskan bush pilots face.
That crash followed the script of many Alaskan accidents, where the most common cause of fatalities is "flying into terrain, under speed," according to the BLS.

Heidi Ruess, an Anchorage-based bush pilot with 40 years experience, says, "You can't compare Alaskan flying with the rest of the country."
Volatile Alaskan weather and vertical topography can cause pilots to lose visibility in fog and fly into steep mountainsides.
She used to take tourists, hunters and fishermen out to remote locations until she flipped her Cessna 185. She had only three passengers -- the plane can take five -- but she was still over-loaded because, in addition to gear, they had packed up four or five caribou.
"We don't have roads [in Alaska] and you can't drive in to pick up the gear and the game," she says.
She also flipped a float plane a few years before as she landed to pick up duck hunters. She tried to use mud to brake but it was frozen and the plane hit a big ditch and sent her tumbling.
After that, she concentrated on teaching. She cautions her students that the two biggest reasons for flying accidents are physical conditions, which pilots can rarely do much about, and judgment, which they can.
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Oh my... :smt017
cloudrunner wrote:She cautions her students that the two biggest reasons for flying accidents are physical conditions, which pilots can rarely do much about, and judgment, which they can.[/i]
Apparently, the last factor is also beyond her control.
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cloudrunner wrote:The thing that really shits me is the pilot that they chose to highlight.

Not sure what can be said about her two "incidents" other than she's an idiot. Now she is teaching others.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/pf/ ... obs/4.html

she flipped her Cessna 185. She had only three passengers -- the plane can take five -- but she was still over-loaded because, in addition to gear, they had packed up four or five caribou.
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Another well researched media report. I'm sure the median wage of bush pilots is less than 100K.

I'm also sure that 4 or 5 cariboo is enough to overload the C185, it must have been one hell of a packing job though.
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After that, she concentrated on teaching
LOL! no kidding
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anyone that thinks mud would be a good way to slow down a float plane is just plane retarded
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fish4life wrote:anyone that thinks mud would be a good way to slow down a float plane is just plane retarded
It's a good idea if your engine has quit and the alternative is into the trees, but it takes more shit luck than anything to get that one right....
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cloudrunner wrote:
fish4life wrote:anyone that thinks mud would be a good way to slow down a float plane is just plane retarded
It's a good idea if your engine has quit and the alternative is into the trees, but it takes more shit luck than anything to get that one right....
by the sounds of her story though there was no engine trouble just a regular pick up
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There is nothing that makes sense in that article. :smt017
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Like the saying goes, "those who can do, those who can't teach!"
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jpilot77 wrote:Like the saying goes, "those who can do, those who can't teach!"
Like the saying goes "it is better to say nothing and have people thing you are a fool rather than speak and remove all doubt "
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"...thing you are a fool..."

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Big Pistons Forever wrote:
jpilot77 wrote:Like the saying goes, "those who can do, those who can't teach!"
Like the saying goes "it is better to say nothing and have people thing you are a fool rather than speak and remove all doubt "

Especially true on good ole Ave Caneda :smt040
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Bush Pilot #1 Worst Grammar, according to GNF :lol:
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Like the saying goes "small thinks amuse small minds" :wink:
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Hazardous? HAZARDOUS!!!!! Pffffffffft

You get to fly drunk.
You are way off TC's radar so you can ignore regulations
You can fly overweight all the time
The nurses in the north take very good care of you and are interested in the more exotic STDs.

And you get to laugh when some little sanctamoneous bastard takes your comments seriously.

The days of the flying cowboy are fast disappearing. As is bush flying in Canada.
But couple a media type and a split tail, accident prone, idiot and voila...a dangerous occupation. Hard to believe anyone here can take her serious.
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