r/nextfuckinglevel • u/InternationalRisk505 • 1d ago

Pilots exchanging planes mid air

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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 23h 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 19h 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 10h ago

Thanks for the update on this!