looking at her other articles, ima go with no to your query.

Uhh, no they aren’t. I had ~5 hours of driver’s ed training and drove occasionally with my parents and got my license at 16. Most of my friends had no driver’s ed and minimal (<10 hours) of riding with their parents.

Try it yourself before you criticize; there’s a lot to learn besides just flying the airplane. For most folks, it takes the better part of a year to get that time in and get their license. It’s not a question of being able to ‘handle’ 60 or 70 hours. 

I think some of what you’re saying here probably has merit, but comparing raw fatality numbers between autos and general aviation is not a meaningful comparison. Fatalities per million miles traveled or something like that would be a more helpful metric.

This. I don’t know if the author is a pilot, or has ever flown in a small private plane, but demonizing civil aviation and blaming an accident on an “oversight that should have been corrected long ago” reeks of overreach by the underinformed.

So much misinformation to unpack here. Pulling out my soapbox...

But it seems likely that this crash could likely be blamed on a mix of a small but busy airport being used by under-regulated pilots. It’s an unfortunate and tragic consequence of an oversight that should have been corrected long ago.

Literally cant roll my eyes far enough in my head for this. operator error is not an…

This is correct, article is wrong

I would love to see a listing for one of these.

I hope my kids can come punch him in the dick for the insane taxes they’ll have to pay 20 years from now. 

Yaaay authority posturing.

This is the meanness I was looking for.

Left: We are peacefully protesting/have roads closed by authorities in most cases.

Sublime. Stunning. Fabulous.

It’s a good example of a front-to-back good design. It looks good all around. The best Continental since the 1960s, IMO.

This is what it looks like when your bubble pops around you. Before the posts he thought he was living in a world where this is the dominant attitude and would be widely welcomed and appreciated. Now that his bubble is popped he is left to deal with reality. My prediction for the future of Petrolicious? The go to…

The first and best rule of Social Media is “Never Post”

Ah yes, he’s clearly not racist, he just said some incredibly shitty things and is now backpedaling so damn hard he’s burning rubber.

Erik's articles are garbage, just like Facebook.