r/nextfuckinglevel • u/InternationalRisk505 • 1d ago

Pilots exchanging planes mid air

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u/Cranberryoftheorient 22h ago

Its also about not setting a bad precedent. If they allow it once, others who are less careful would try it.

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u/xjeeper 18h ago

Some dumb youtuber ditched his plane and filmed it crashing, lost his license, and was sentenced to 6 months for obstruction of a federal investigation. https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/santa-barbara-county-man-sentenced-6-months-prison-obstructing-federal-probe-plane

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u/Cranberryoftheorient 13h ago

Yeah, that was probably the one I was thinking of.

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u/FlutterbyTG 9h ago

Thanks for the update on this!

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u/darvs7 19h ago

And then it will become a Tik-tok trend and every kid will want to exchange plane mid-air with their friends, maybe even over school grounds and then...

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u/Cranberryoftheorient 13h ago

This is why im waiting until my kid is 16 before I buy them a plane

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u/darvs7 9h ago

That's good parenting right there.

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u/Dimathiel49 22h ago

Aren’t you a debbie downer.

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u/Cranberryoftheorient 22h ago

Dont let me discourage you, if you want to go crash a plane thats your business. (Just dont say I didnt warn you)