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Gotta go with Tom Gourley on this one.  I can see ZERO POSITIVE PUBLIC 
PERCEPTION of home built, experimental, EAA, private flyers, pilot 
attitudes, etc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Gourley" <tom.gourley@verizon.net>
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 7:06 AM
Subject: [LML] Re: Movie


> Yes, I am a little paranoid.  I guess that's because the general public 
> (those not knowledgeable about flying), bureaucrats and politicians, and 
> in particular the media seem to delight in leaping to totally illogical, 
> and inaccurate, conclusions about the dangers of "small" airplanes and 
> their irresponsible pilots any time there is any sort of incident or 
> perceived threat no matter how irrational that perception may be. 
> Attempts at educating these folks are usually doomed to failure because, 
> for the most part, they have no interest in being educated.  They're much 
> happier believing what they please (my mind's made up; don't confuse me 
> with facts) or what they're told by the talking heads on TV and the 
> Internet. Consequently I don't like to offer up any additional reasons to 
> fuel their delusions.  There are a lot more of them than there are of us.
>
> Over 800 people die every week in the US in automobile accidents but it's 
> rare for one of those accidents to make the national news.  (How many have 
> you seen on CNN lately?)  A GA aircraft fatality frequently shows up in 
> the national news and it's not uncommon for one to generate rumblings 
> about increasing the restrictions on where and how we fly.  Over 40,000 
> traffic deaths per year cause no such reaction.  For the majority of 
> people cars are a big part of everyday life, and a major piece of our 
> economy, and no one wants to have their driving privileges tampered with. 
> That same majority couldn't care less if we're allowed to fly or not. 
> Like it or not we're a very small minority but what we do is highly 
> visible.
>
> Back to the movie.  Yes, it looks like there is some really neat flying in 
> the movie and I would like to see that part.  It's the rest of the plot, 
> at least the way it's presented in the trailer, that I'm not crazy about.
>
> Tom Gourley
>
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