madpilot wrote:

nmflyguy wrote:

SkyTruck wrote:Somebody's knickers are in a bunch

I don't think smuggling drugs in any way helps general aviation or other pilots. Not sure what you mean by "rating out" but it makes it sound like your more concerned about protecting guilty drug smugglers than honest pilots?

Zane wrote:It could also be that you're the only regular posting guy with "NM" in your username, and thus the first one people think of when NM news hits. I'd be happy that someone appreciates you company enough to joke with you.

I like to think that even the Feds can detect a little tongue in cheek on the Internet, BUT I could be wrong.

NTSB wrote:ACFT HAD BEEN OBJECT OF AN AIRBORNE PURSUIT BY U.S. CUSTOMS AT ABOUT 1830 IN THE VICINITY OF BELLE GLADE. DURING THE PURSUIT THE ACFT
DOOR & 15 BALES OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WERE OBSERVED BEING JETTISONED FROM THE ACFT. AFTER LANDING THE ACFT WAS SET ON FIRE.

nmflyguy wrote:
As crappy as that may be - getting ratted out by a fellow BCP reader (or, god forbid, BCP member), that's the world we live in.

172heavy wrote:SOooo,,, what kind of fish are in the lake? Blow fish! and flying fish!
This gives a hole new meaning to a fishing line.
Would you go water skiing or snow skiing on that lake.
How much snow fall do they get there,,,Oh about 1000 LBS.

madpilot wrote:

nmflyguy wrote:
As crappy as that may be - getting ratted out by a fellow BCP reader (or, god forbid, BCP member), that's the world we live in.

To be clear the part above is what I'm referring to. As mentioned I may be reading into it all wrong, but from the context doesn't fit.

nmflyguy wrote:

madpilot wrote:

nmflyguy wrote:
As crappy as that may be - getting ratted out by a fellow BCP reader (or, god forbid, BCP member), that's the world we live in.

To be clear the part above is what I'm referring to. As mentioned I may be reading into it all wrong, but from the context doesn't fit.

Mad - I (incorrectly, it seems) thought it was obvious from what I wrote and the context of the discussion that I was not talking about ratting out drug traffickers. When referring to BCP members "ratting out" fellow BCP members, I was talking about ratting pilots out on FAA flight rules violations, not drug law enforcement. FAA isn't in the drug law enforcement business.

With respect to turning in drug traffickers, it's a very fine thing to do, and I have the greatest admiration for those who do so, but that also a very risky business, as those perps don't play nice.

I don't get the drug humor, whether aviation related or not. Maybe it's a holdover from the Cheech and Chong days, or whatever style of humor is playing well with the Gen X and Gen Y folks these days. It's just not a laughing matter, and aviators should not make light of it. Too many thousands are getting killed off, and too many people - in and out of the drug trafficking business - are in fear for their lives. Doing so on an aviation board makes us look like dopes - pun intended - and part of the problem. Due in no small part to the very big role that some aviators play in making that business run.

Zane may be typing zzz's on his keyboard and thinking himself superior for it, but it's simply immature and irresponsible to make light of a deadly business.

'nuff said, now.

nmflyguy wrote:Zane may be typing zzz's on his keyboard and thinking himself superior for it

Zane wrote:I do feel superior, because I haven't made 5 posts and typed 3000 words in an uptight, self-righteous effort to convince everyone that something isn't funny. I'm saving up my party pooper credits for when I have to crack down on politics and fat chick pics.