For everybody who declaims this
curses him an idiot
waves the 4 rules, saying what fools
Please, take a moment and realize, that this guy THOUGHT he was going to be OK
yes, that thought led to a VERY foolish course of action, but this guy could have been a rocket scientist, all it takes, is ONE thing in the long line to lead to tragic consequences, where were his buddies yelling 'NO don't do it', where was the confirming clear, etc.
It reminds me of an army helicopter accident some of the senior pilots in my unit got tasked to help with the investigation. Each bird in the formation has specific additional tasks that they do, like the first bird navigates, second is commo etc. Second bird developed engine trouble, and was forced to turn back, so 3rd bird moved up and assumed it's duties (commo) too. The pilots were calm and gave no sign of distress on the recorders until after the initial impact. See they both were doing the additional duties, first pilot had stopped flying the helicopter to take over the commo, second was still working heads down, nobody was flying. Until the moment of impact, they both KNEW they were doing fine, yet with two experienced pilots, neither was doing the one job they had to do to stay alive, and assumed the other was doing it, there are set procedures, almost rituals that the pilots are supposed to follow, that day neither one asked the other if they were flying the bird.
All it takes is one thing, one (rednecks last works) 'Here,hold my beer, let me show you how you do it'
for you life to be changed forever, we don't know the 'whys', we can point out the general knowledge rules that were violated for this to happen. But instead of name calling and rule thumping, take a moment and think, this CAN happen to you, if you let it.
