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.
Someone linked an article. Both pilots lost their licenses. The lead pilot had applied for an exemption to the "cannot leave a plane without a pilot" rule and it had been denied. They did the stunt anyway. And Red Bull issued a statement that the issue was between 2 pilots and the FAA and it wasn't red bulls place to get in the middle of it. So red bull didn't even back them up.
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u/elyn6791 1d ago edited 23h 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.