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Originally Posted by rattlsnak
Not sure you are understanding what he is trying to say. It would be no different than a newer pilot flying a Bonanza or 182T or something like that. The fact that it was a Cirrus isn't the point. The point is, she was a low time pilot in a high performance airplane which has less room for error. The original doctor killer name was handed out to the early V-Tail Bonanzas for that very reason. Pilots with a lot of money, (doctors) could afford to buy these high performance machines but were not proficient in flying them so there were many accidents. Same point trying to be made here. This person apparently had some money, as we know these planes are not cheap, and was in over her head. If she would have been in a 172 or Warrior etc., there might have been a different outcome.
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If his point is the same as you are stating, then I was understanding it and taking issue with it. My issue is with the unfounded generalization that "Pilots with a lot of money, (doctors) could afford to buy these high performance machines but were not proficient in flying them so there were many accidents. Same point trying to be made here. This person apparently had some money, as we know these planes are not cheap, and was in over her head. If she would have been in a 172 or Warrior etc., there might have been a different outcome."
I don't know how one can come to that conclusion. That generalization is not new though. It has been around for many years. It is pure speculation when we do not yet know the facts in the case.
Let me see if I can relate it to something more near and dear to this forum's members: "rich people who buy Porsches might not be proficient in driving them and have many accidents. I mean they have money but are in over their head. Maybe if they drove a Ford or Chevy there would be a different outcome." Does that play out? I am not so sure. Is that relatable? Is it a reasonable generalization?
I saw serious photos post-crash of a young girl who borrowed her father's porsche, misjudged the clearance and smashed into a toll booth at over 90 miles per hour. Her brains were out. It was sick. I can still see the images in my mind. She was in way over her head. Was it the Porsche, or would she have missed the toll booth in a lower performance car? I personally think the issue here is the person.
Anyway, we are not getting anywhere. She is dead and so are the passengers. None of this really matters. It is just armchair quarterbacking at this point.