X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:21:34 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mx2.timesync.com ([67.218.99.10] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTP id 4171840 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:21:57 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=67.218.99.10; envelope-from=schroder@timesync.com Received: from ns1.timesync.net (ns1.timesync.net [67.218.99.5]) by mx2.timesync.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E76A022DC3C for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.timesync.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD644375827 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:21:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at timesync.com Received: from ns1.timesync.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ns1.timesync.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id E4Cgovfm2aVG for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:21:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from antares.timesync.com (antares.timesync.com [67.218.99.9]) by ns1.timesync.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E8D237581C for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:21:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DAVEAE066C3A9B [71.198.209.150] by antares.timesync.com with ESMTP (SMTPD-8.22) id A2900170; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:21:20 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <584A1431652346498FB2D774D9D86259@DAVEAE066C3A9B> From: "Dave Schroder" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: More on Ed Smith's accident X-Original-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:21:24 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001D_01CAC74D.EDBA01C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-EsetScannerBuild: 6785 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01CAC74D.EDBA01C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Brent, Very Good Advice. It should be re-read by all Lancair owners, builders = and pilots.=20 dave ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Brent Regan=20 To: lml@lancaironline.net=20 Sent: 03/18/2010 8:04 PM Subject: [LML] Re: More on Ed Smith's accident There is a LOT we can learn from this accident, including: 1) The press reports everything but the facts. I have been = peripherally involved with or consulted to the NTSB on several Lancair = accidents. I was also the only eyewitness to one and I can say with = absolute certainty that however the press describes what happened is NOT = what actually happened. 2) People love to talk to the press regardless of there level of = ignorance. (How bad at your job do you have to be to be a former = Government employee?) 3) Emergency procedures are important. Practice them. 4) Accidents happen. Jogging with some tunes one minute and the next = "Hello St. Peter". If you gotta go, it is not a bad way. It can happen = to you. Get your life in order. 5) This event is news worthy ONLY due to its extreme rarity. 5000 = pedestrians a year are killed by cars (one every 105 minutes). In the = time it has taken a Lancair, any Lancair, to kill someone on the ground = there have been 15,000 pedestrian deaths by car. Where is the outrage? 6) If you are involved in an accident KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. If you say = nothing then there is nothing to distort. Your brain chemistry will be = out of whack due to the shock of the accident and you may feel an = overwhelming urge to explain what happened. DON'T! I do not know if the = pilot actually said "I killed someone" but now it is written down = forever. He may become the example prosecution for a DA facing a tough = election. The opening salvo in the manslaughter trial will be his = excited utterance of a confession. If he dodges a criminal trial, a = civil trial is a virtual certainty. I pray for the poor SOB who = tightened and wired the prop bolts.=20 Our legal system is not about justice of fairness, it is about who can = take the blame, who can pay.=20 The difference between lawyers and buzzards is that lawyers scavenge = the survivors. But the only thing a lawyer respects is another lawyer = so........ Take a moment and imagine that this tragedy has just happened to you. = What would you need immediately? Your second call would probably be to = your lawyer. Do you have one? "Then" will not be the time to be thumbing = through the yellow pages. Interview and select an attorney now. Have is = number handy.=20 Preparing for an accident should not end at "All passengers safely = exited the airframe". Like dropping a rock in a pond, most of what = happens because of an accident happens after the smoke has settled. 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Brent,
Very Good Advice. It should be re-read = by all=20 Lancair owners, builders and pilots. 
dave
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Brent=20 Regan
Sent: 03/18/2010 8:04 PM
Subject: [LML] Re: More on Ed = Smith's=20 accident

There is a LOT we can learn from this accident,=20 including:

1) The press reports everything but the facts. I = have been=20 peripherally involved with or consulted to the NTSB on several Lancair = accidents. I was also the only eyewitness to one and I can say with = absolute=20 certainty that however the press describes what happened is NOT what = actually=20 happened.

2) People love to talk to the press regardless of = there level=20 of ignorance. (How bad at your job do you have to be to be a = former=20 Government employee?)

3) Emergency procedures are important. = Practice=20 them.

4) Accidents happen. Jogging with some tunes one minute = and the=20 next "Hello St. Peter". If you gotta go, it is not a bad way. It  = can=20 happen to you. Get your life in order.

5) This event is news = worthy=20 ONLY due to its extreme rarity. 5000 pedestrians a year are killed by = cars=20 (one every 105 minutes). In the time it has taken a Lancair, any = Lancair, to=20 kill someone on the ground there have been 15,000 pedestrian deaths by = car.=20 Where is the outrage?

6) If you are involved in an accident = KEEP YOUR=20 MOUTH SHUT. If you say nothing then there is nothing to distort. Your = brain=20 chemistry will be out of whack due to the shock of the accident and = you may=20 feel an overwhelming urge to explain what happened. DON'T!  I do = not know=20 if the pilot actually said "I killed someone" but now it is written = down=20 forever. He may become the example prosecution for a DA facing a tough = election. The opening salvo in the manslaughter trial will be his = excited=20 utterance of a confession. If he dodges a criminal trial, a civil = trial is a=20 virtual certainty. I pray for the poor SOB who tightened and wired the = prop=20 bolts.

Our legal system is not about justice of fairness, it = is about=20 who can take the blame, who can pay.

The difference between = lawyers=20 and buzzards is that lawyers scavenge the survivors. But the only = thing a=20 lawyer respects is another lawyer so........

Take a moment and = imagine=20 that this tragedy has just happened to you. What would you need = immediately?=20 Your second call would probably be to your lawyer. Do you have one? = "Then"=20 will not be the time to be thumbing through the yellow pages. = Interview and=20 select an attorney now. Have is number handy.

Preparing for an = accident should not end at "All passengers safely exited the = airframe". Like=20 dropping a rock in a pond, most of what happens because of an accident = happens=20 after the smoke has settled.

Regards
Brent=20 Regan


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