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it's only strange if you forget that most criminals are dumb. and this guy is clearly a fucking idiot

>>steveh+(OP)
Convicts are the intersection of idiots and criminals.

>>mulmen+yf
Classic selection bias

>>steveh+(OP)
he can fly a plane and parachute and seems to have other skills though. he is a smart idiot.

>>mulmen+yf
Exactly. The smart criminals are the ones not in jail (yet).

>>steveh+(OP)
This guy was a professional skate and snowboarder and even went to the Olympics and performed in Pastrana's Nitro Circus.

>>steveh+(OP)
Honestly, like a lot of guys who do stunts, he just seemed hooked on the thrill of chasing fame and engagement and to that extent the video was a success. I don't think that makes him an idiot. However, I remember writing a comment at the time that regardless of whether the crash was real or not, he better start being honest when it came to the FAA and the NTSB or he would see some real consequences. It seems trying to destroy evidence and then lying about it to the authorities was a truly idiotic decision.

>>spuz+BS
What’s even funnier is that he probably wouldn’t have been in all that bad of a situation had he just shut the fuck up.

Like he’s obligated to cooperate with the investigation but he’s within his rights to just say “hey this feels like a witch hunt I am not participating or giving statements at all” and it’s not clear how much they really would have done.

Absolute certainty he’d lose his license maybe there’s penalties or fines for stonewalling the investigation, but like it would probably blow over as long as they made sure he never got near the controls of an airplane again.

But then he decided to obstruct a federal investigation. Like that’s the one thing you really can’t do ask Martha Stewart.

>>dncorn+8R
You are right, he is clearly a fucking clown.

>>CPLX+r11
"A fish would never get hooked if it never opened its mouth."

>>runsWp+8O
You don't need to be smart to have either - I've got one, and more often than not i'm not sure how I got it.

>>steveh+(OP)
The failure mode here is interesting to me.

Like, I'm not a pilot but I've read exactly enough to know that the way he handled this is the opposite of the way a private pilot is trained to. So he managed, I assume, to get the idea in his head that a video of someone bailing out of a private plane would attract the attention of low-knowledge rubes for attention and clicks... While not attracting the attention of every other amateur pilot who knows how to work YouTube, as well as the FAA.

Strange train of thought.

>>CPLX+r11
he's also been flying since. He made a video about it in which he flies with a CFI, who is clearly so confident in the legality of i that he wears a ski mask during the entire video. Because so long as he's receiving instruction he's arguably not the pilot in command. And I'm gonna bet that as part of this plea deal he's been asked to not pull that crap anymore.

>>shadow+8v1
>While not attracting the attention of every other amateur pilot who knows how to work YouTube

Yeah want a weird line of thought.

It's funny because of all things you can count on if you get views on YouTube is ... SCRUTINY. Right or wrong scrutiny. Every rando with some idea of how to fly ... or even none, is going to watch that video and pick it apart.

And man that video was easy to pick apart. Dude even had is door open before the engine quit.