Since this is an open forum, It seems reasonable that the FAA would be reading these posts and probably drawing these conclusions:
- Anti-Authority (“It’s my right! Don’t you tell me I can’t go!”)
- Invulnerability (“Only old/fat/diabetics will die - it won’t bother me!”)
- Resignation (“Everybody’s gonna die some day!”)
Given that the pilots planning on a protest-flight to Oshkosh have publicly self-identified with some (or all) of the Five Hazardous Attitudes in Aviation, all the FAA needs to do is send some field agents to Wittman Field during that week and ramp-check every plane that shows up. They’d bag their yearly quota of violators in one fell swoop.
Hmm, maybe the easiest way to squash this protest is for the FAA to announce they’re showing up.