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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+(OP)
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.

>>CPLX+Q8
"A fish would never get hooked if it never opened its mouth."

>>CPLX+Q8
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.