Harrison - pls ground yourself - Page 2

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

@Pearlee I didn't see anyone blame him, for the accident , when the plane malfunctioned

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

He is going to end up like John Denver..dead. Why do people who have everything risk their lives and do stupid things? He needs a new safer hobby. He has all that money and he is going to kill himself befire he can spend it.

cancun08 · ‎03-11-2010

"I got a bad feeling about this"!!!!

~Breathe In~ Breathe Out~ Move On~

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

In general, probably a good idea to take a good look, ahead of time, at exactly where the landing strips are. Maybe study the diagrams, etc. Probably easy to do online now-a-days. Well, that's what I would do. Sort of 'refresh' my memory ahead of time re: my chosen airport's landing strips. Well, thank goodness he and others are ok.

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@SeaMaiden wrote:
He is going to end up like John Denver..dead. Why do people who have everything risk their lives and do stupid things? He needs a new safer hobby. He has all that money and he is going to kill himself befire he can spend it.

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@SeaMaiden

Flying a small plane isn't stupid. He was a rescue pilot for a long time. I don't see that money has anything to do with it, a lot of aging people have to deal with issues that could impair driving or flying.

DiAnne · ‎09-22-2010

My friend's husband still flies a small plane at 82.

PurpleBunny · ‎03-09-2010

@Pearlee wrote:
I don't think you all are being quite fair. That incident a couple of years ago with the very, very old plane was due to the plane's mechanical failure. As the article in the link points out near the end, Ford received high praise for even having been able to land the disabled plane, and away from any place where someone else got hurt. It's a miracle he was able to land and survived that - the crash wasn't his fault.

That said, at age 74 he maybe should stop piloting planes. It will be interesting to see whether the FAA suspends his license.

IMHO, when you are in charge of what is essentially a flying bomb, and you are putting many lives at risk, "fair" isn't exactly the side on which the authorities should err. His next big mistake could kill someone.

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Snoopp · ‎02-02-2015

He was given instructions and repeated them back to the tower but landed on a taxiway. I'd say when you can't follow the instructions given, for whatever reason, you've got a big problem and become a threat to the safety of other aircraft.

SahmIam · ‎04-16-2010

I don't know...my FIL is 82 and he and my MIL sail their boats all over the world for weeks at a time. If you met them, you would NEVER think they were in their 80's...more like early 60's. Mentally, they are both sharp as a tack (as one says) and very physically fit.

I watched Harrison Ford on a talk show a month or so ago and either he was putting on an act (and thinks he's charming or funny or something) or he's mentally slowing down and not in a good way; if it's the latter, then perhaps he does need to be grounded permanently. Hopefully this event will cause the Powers That Be to investigate what exactly happened and see if he truly needs to stop flying (and driving and anything else that can cause harm to others in this capacity).

It's not the age...it's the ability of the mind and/or the body. Those issues are not reserved for older individuals, as we all know, so I'm very hesistant to say "oh because he's XYZ age, he needs to stop this". Like I said, hopefully it'll be looked into carefully and then a determination will be made.

Thank God no one was hurt.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@PurpleBunny wrote:

@Pearlee wrote:
I don't think you all are being quite fair. That incident a couple of years ago with the very, very old plane was due to the plane's mechanical failure. As the article in the link points out near the end, Ford received high praise for even having been able to land the disabled plane, and away from any place where someone else got hurt. It's a miracle he was able to land and survived that - the crash wasn't his fault.

That said, at age 74 he maybe should stop piloting planes. It will be interesting to see whether the FAA suspends his license.

IMHO, when you are in charge of what is essentially a flying bomb, and you are putting many lives at risk, "fair" isn't exactly the side on which the authorities should err. His next big mistake could kill someone.

@PurpleBunny Reread my post. My "fairness" comment was about the posters here on this thread. I have confidence that that FAA investigation authorities will do the right thing but I wasn't talking about them and fairness. You mjust have misread something about my post.