REFLECTOR: OT Plane hits an apartment building in NYC

[Richard J. Gentil]

We all understand aviation very well. I think we all cringe at how badly 
the press screw up every aviation related news story.

Now we know how badly the press screw up news stories about a subject we 
fully understand, does it not make you wonder how badly they screw up 
stories about subjects we do not have the depth of understanding as we 
do with aviation? My favorite saying is, "The Press newer let the truth 
get in the way of a good story." ;-)

Back on to this topic, I was on the phone with Homeland Security when 
the plane hit, the DHS office I was talking to went nuts when it 
happened. All of DHS swung into action when it happened.

Good to know that we have people to kick into gear immediately when 
something happens.

Richard

Dave Black wrote:
>> Definitely not good PR for the GA community.  ...I just
>> hope people will understand how non-threatening a small plane really is.
>>     
>
> Unfortunately, the public at large does not have any perspective on 
> aviation. And most in the Media are just as ill-informed as the public. 
> So they express their ill-informed opinions in the media.
>
> Didn't we have an auto accident the other day where a little old lady 
> hit the accelerator instead of the brake and plowed into a store? This 
> time no one was hurt, but often times in similar accidents people have 
> been killed. I see this type of accident as very similar to a small 
> plane hitting a building, yet the  News Media absolutely responds to 
> them quite differently.
>
> They give a ho-hum approach to the auto accident, yet if anything 
> involves an airplane they'll chase after it for weeks. Often it'll lead 
> to stories about how unsafe our skies are, and how any pilot could fly a 
> small plane into anything (so NO ONE is safe). This is usually followed 
> by calls to get those Dangerous Things out of Our skies.
>
> Dave Black
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