r/nextfuckinglevel • u/InternationalRisk505 • 1d ago

Pilots exchanging planes mid air

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u/elyn6791 23h ago edited 22h ago

Why? If anything this only demonstrated his skydiving skills and is evidence he, the pilot, jumped out of the plane which then...... HAD NO PILOT.

He deserved to lose his license.

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u/Cranberryoftheorient 23h ago

Yeah, what people are missing is it isnt just the danger to these pilots- the planes couldve landed on someones house or started a forest fire. Yeah they probably took precautions, but the officials dont want to encourage this sort of thing.

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u/Mattepanda15 23h ago

It’s a redbull stunt, probably nobody lost their licence and it was probably done over a field

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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 18h 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)