"He's taught many lessons, and this is the first time this type of incident ever happened. Everyone was shocked, he'd never done that before."

During the flight, Bertazzo allegedly told Rosario, “You know what to do” before removing his headset, arranging his belongings, taking off his seatbelt and exiting the aircraft.

... 'exiting the aircraft'.

Yeah that's... accurate, but seems like perhaps an overly neutral verb to use.

Yep, just stepping out for a bit, to get some air.

Fuck me, this is an actual dark comedy skit, I can swear I've seen some skits from back in the day where more or less this is the plot.

I guess all I can say is that I wish I could give Rosario a hug, what an awful thing to be forced into.

I.e. he waited for someone he knew could land on their own

"Without incident" means literally nothing remarkable happened. For example, if he had been behaving erratically or threatened suicide during the earlier flight, those would be incidents that should've tipped someone off that they should intervene and not let this guy back up.

If there had been an incident, further investigation would be warranted to determine if this was preventable, and if so, who could have prevented it. The journalist is specifically highlighting that no one but the pilot appears to be at fault right now.

Landings are pretty much your first focus after basic air work, and you can solo in 15-20 hours typically. A full license is around 80 hours (at least here in Canada), and she had a ppl already.

When i soloed my instructor was kind enough to get out of the plane while we were on the ground. What a horrible experience for this student.

During the flight, Bertazzo allegedly told Rosario, “You know what to do” before removing his headset, arranging his belongings, taking off his seatbelt and exiting the aircraft.

Instructor: (Encouragingly) "If you can handle this, Rosario, it'll all get easier from here on out. The most stressful moments are when you're just learning."

Student: "Thanks, but I'm sure that..."

Instructor: dives out plane door

Student: ...

That's kinda strange. The process I'm familiar with, you get your student pilot license during training, then you get an endorsement from your instructor to solo. After you've had sufficient instructional and solo time, you take your practical test / check ride, and get your private license.

Maybe this was a requirement of the flight school rather than a licensing requirement? Maybe she got her private license in gliders or balloons, and wasn't yet qualified to solo a powered aircraft?

I feel bad for laughing so hard at this. Bravo.

You never know how someone will react to something traumatizing like that. She could have had a panic attack and passed out.

Yes, it is.

well, are you not entertained?

entertain

First thing I noticed as well. We are fucked as a species. This is awful.

It's similar to people who end themselves by stepping in front of a truck or a train. It can be extremely traumatic to the driver.

Expecting anything more from a dead person is kinda pointless though. It's like crying about spilled milk. Nothing you or anyone can do about it—dead people are not able to be guilty of anything. The only guilt a dead person can have is the one assigned by yourself. Not you specifically, but anyone who wants dead people to be guilty of something. Dead people are not able to change behavior or learn from their choices or bring justice to any further victims. Expecting that is a futile effort.

Exactly. Imagine continuing to drive something against the wishes of others. The plan was to crash.

Are you not entertained??