Car vs Airplane debate.

FloridaPilot

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A previous poster mentioned to me that cars and airplanes are different which I agree but people are the same whether they drive a car of fly an airplane. I was at Whitted Airport today and I saw a few pilots make mistakes like taking off right behind someone who just took off. Buzzing past the control tower. These are mistakes that can and SHOULD be avoided but people don't do it....Why? When we all know that airplanes can be VERY unforgiving. The same applies to driving, People tailgate even though there isn't anybody else on the road, go way over the speed limit cut off people...etc

IMO part of it has a lot to do with arrogance, when was the last time you heard someone say, (I can't drive or I don't drive well at all)(Although I have over 10k flight hours I'm really not that good at flying).

What do you folks think?
 
It is a towered field, so unless you heard the controller on the radio say those pilots had made a mistake, none of the actions you saw were mistakes.
 
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