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Pilots have organized a ferocious, at times threatening, response to Quartz’s story about Instagrams in the sky
Quartz’s investigation of commercial airline pilots taking photos and videos of their flights provoked a furious response from the aviation community. Hundreds of pilots and their fans have been harassing the reporter who wrote the story with vitriolic comments and, at times, threats of violence. (qz.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Gotta comment on the ruthless, profane, unjustifiable comments by the pilots who were outraged by this article. I never read so many MF's and I'd like to throw you off a building? What? When you post like that you just show your immaturity. Do I want to have you as a pilot of my flight, or have to fly with you? You know the answer. This is our culture of young, 20 somethings who will stand hidden behind a social network and say such things. I weep.
I am glad I am now retired, but am proud I didn't have to leave that type legacy behind. Besides the man that flew my right all these years and took my place as Director, I hired 5 young guys last years that had a work ethic and plenty of common sense/courtesy. Very refreshing to know they are still out there if we'll look for it. Kinda strange, higher time guys gave us funny looks when we didn't pick them.
I agree with you mr stietz..there are logical,respectable and intelligent ways to comment or reply to an article,author,blog or news outlet without death threats,really nasty language or four letter words..that is extremely immature ..in my years with an airline (not a pilot) i never saw a pilot using a cell phone or whatever in the cockpit during a flight..the i pads had not yet been issued to pilots,so they still had the old large briefcase flight bags with paperwork in them,but even with the issuance of that technology for pilots,airlines have mandates as to what and how they are to be used.in any case,a pilot whether its a commercial one or just a private owner,knows their responsibility is to fly an airplane safely and follow faa guides and mandates..
Senseless as the FAR is, downright stupid to some, and as reckless as Quartz may have been to bring this out, it must be noted that if it is on instagram, it is in the public domain for all to see. Pilots, of all people, should be aware of the FAR's and their impact on the job, right or wrong and not post everything out there for the world to see; stuff that can be traced back to them. If anything happens as a result of it, it is their own fault, not Quartz or their reporter.
You'd think that after Anthony Weiner, one of those once trusted public servant officials of our federal government (a Congressman), unwittingly flashed his genitalia for the world to view, people would have learned by now that you can't expect anything you put on the Internet to remain out of the public domain for long given all the hacksters and enterprising electronic snoopers and poopers that are out there. The Internet is a sieve with more holes in it than Swiss cheese, which has led most recently to the cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment for daring to make a film fictionalizing the demise of North Korea's little Hitler and Stalin packaged in the punk, Kim Jung Un.
Don't some legacy carriers already have cameras in the cockpit so you can watch the takeoff and landing? Just put cameras in all the aircraft and be done with it. Fancy restaurants have open kitchens. Drugstores have cameras at the pharmacy counter. Anyone been to Vegas? Let everyone watch the marvel of flight. Just keep the sound off.
Paul the difference is the pilots we're talking about are hand holding and videoing the cockpit when they aren't supposed to.