There have been two incidents in the last week where I live where two cyclists have been killed. This is down to people taking up cycling as their chosen exercise. I don’t hear anything about a drain on the nhs over this. Furthermore I know the hospitals here are not overrun with covid cases infact it’s has been the quietest time for many hospitals. Social isolation is not the problem for PPG as we can clearly keep our distance it the perception that the drain on the nhs is going to be too much, somehow we are going to drag doctors and nurses away from treating the needy yet hospitals that have been built to hold 4000 patients are now being closed due to lack of demand .the evidence just does not stack up for us not flying.
btw I choose not to fly solely on the Impact it has on other pilots who vehemently disagree with my position. I look ahead and see a day where we will all fly together and need to get along, so for the sake of those who believe it is morally wrong to fly I support you, for the greater good and all that.
Im a frontline worker if your interested, over that last 15 years I have dealt with 2 aviation incidents one gliding related and the other a balloon incident. But as for alcohol related incidents there have been thousands if not tens of thousands not to mention Diy accidents, drug overdoses, Car crashes, the list is endless, the volume of drain on the services is in incredible. The drain from smoking cigarettes far outweighs aviation in the 100000s itself but no one is calling for smokers to stop smoking.
we might be doing our bit but believe me it’s insignificant in the grand scheme of things, agree or disagree I’m not bother that’s not the point. Everyday in my job I meet decent people who breach the regs for one reason or another The government know it the police know it everyone knows it, probably more that half the people on here have breach a reg or two over the last 6 weeks.
