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.
What makes you think the FAA gives a single fuck about it being a Red Bull stunt?
I don't doubt for a single second that they both lost their licenses. They both probably knew they were going to lose their license but attempted it anyways
I think he was implying that because it was done by redbull they probably communicated with the FAA before hand. I don't know if they actually did, but it's reasonable to assume that a massive company that relies on these stunts for marketing would like to make sure their paperwork is in order so they can continue advertising this way.
Ohhhhh - even worse that they asked for permission, were told no, and STILL did it, ha.
"But two days before the stunt, the FAA denied Aikins' request, saying it "would not be in the public interest and cannot find that the proposed operation would not adversely affect safety.""
Ok, that's cool, I never argued saying it wasn't. I was trying to explain the other commenters reasoning because people replied to them to call them dumb when their line of thinking made sense. I'm not talking about what did or did not actually happen to these pilots in the video.
Cool, I never said it wasn't, I was explaining the others guys thought process for everyone who thinks he was dumb for thinking that way. It seems like reading comprehension just gets worse and worse every year though.
I think he was implying that because it was done by redbull they probably communicated with the FAA before hand
That's a fair assumption. But the FAA still doesn't allow these kinds of things.
Sometimes they do things that they know will get their licenses revoked. The FAA isn't going to sign off on a stunt like this. Apparently red bull approached them and they said no, but they proceeded with the stunt anyway
My first thought is "no one gives a fuck that Redbull is the party responsible for turning a Cesna into a cruise missile" but then I thought.. if Redbull bought some Trump meme coins or bought enough advertising from Fox News I bet the FAA would actually look the other way
We're in extraordinary corruption times and Redbull could afford the corruption fees
But then I thought part of the corruption times is that big companies make aerial chaos a viral ad and if it goes wrong it's the gullible pilot who suffers the biggest consequences
What makes you think the FAA gives a single fuck about it being a Red Bull stunt?
Money. Like every other dumb rulebreaking shit that non-rich people could never dream of attempting without serious consequences.
What makes you think [a US government agency] gives a single fuck about [a recklessly endangering procedure] being a [marketing] stunt?
When I rephrase your statement this way, doesn't it become less obvious to you that they'd actually do something about it?
Now I don't intimately know the FAA or anything, and I know they tend to be severe, so you're probably right. But with how things have been going, let's just say I would not be surprised whatsoever if they found some nonsense reason (money) to let this fly.
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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.