Stephen T. Wilson: Recent Comments

Comment on Dead Pilots Don't Lie

2010-03-10T21:42:01Z

Jeff: Omitted from this analysis were mishaps that did not result in serious injury or fatality. All serious and fatal accidents were included. The post already includes an update to remove Cessna 172 Skyhawks and address the "training element" you may be alluding to. Please describe how the analysis is misleading.

Comment on Dead Pilots Don't Lie

2010-03-10T18:08:25Z

While I'm all for publishing as much about the safety of aircraft as is possible, I do think you purposefully left out the trainer information.

With all the research you did for this article would it not have been fair to list the flight hour breakdown? I would specifically like to see how many of those Cessna hours are in a 172 with a CFI in the right seat VFR vs. a Cirrus cross-country IFR solo or with unlicensed pax.

I think until you factor in the training element all of your numbers are misleading.

Comment on A Sign of Springtime in South Dakota

2010-03-03T21:36:33Z

That is priceless!!! What a difference a year makes! Unfortunately, our snow people are buried under snowbanks this year. ; )

Comment on Remember the Marathon Bar?

2010-03-02T05:05:19Z

I LOVED the Marathon bar! WHY do they always take away the good ones and leave crap like the BING still in stores?! ICK

Comment on Is Anybody Here from Out of Town

2010-03-01T03:59:31Z

Thanks for taking the time to post such a detailed and informative article. It has given me a lot of inspiration and I look forward to more like this in the future.

Comment on I Remembered Another Dream

2010-02-24T23:47:36Z

I like the last paragraph the best.

Comment on Bold Pilot Poster Child

2010-02-14T02:59:39Z

I own a Cirrus Turbo with FIKI and have to say its a true breakthrough! The Cirrus training for FIKI is excellent! In the northeast I'd much rather bein a Cirrus with FIKI and CAPS parachute than naked Cessna 400. Steve needs to take a ride on my plane!

Comment on Bold Pilot Poster Child

2010-02-11T19:51:49Z

My gripe is that Cirrus markets FIKI as both a safety feature and one that increases the aircraft's utility. [www.aviationlawmonitor.com/2009/05/articles/general-aviation/recent-crashes-stoke-debate-on-cirrus-safety/] A feature can't do both. Using a feature to increase the aircraft's utility (by, for example, flying in conditions that would otherwise keep you on the ground)necessarily undermines the feature's safety benefits. You can't have it both ways and Cirrus' marketing is asking for trouble.

Comment on Bold Pilot Poster Child

2010-02-11T14:16:57Z

Seems like just the wrong message. If I can do it...YOU can do it.

What was it they taught us CFI's about hazardous attitudes...MACHO anyone?

Comment on Bold Pilot Poster Child

2010-02-10T22:45:42Z

WOW! Without a doubt the most irresponsible piece of "advertising" in existence!!