It is sad he went and in this way. He was young and doing some great things. He was a great personality and a damned legend.
RIP Kobe
RIP Kobe
Kobe also made the call to have that flight in bad conditions. Theres more to this story than most media will actually tell.Pilot could have requested an implement flight path or just not gone but lets blame it on not having one more government mandated nanny that may or may not have made a difference.
Kobe also made the call to have that flight in bad conditions.
well this is about to get ugly...
(per my friend that's a pilot and been following this)
The company that owned the helicopter wasn't authorized by the FAA to fly in instrument conditions, hence them never requesting an instrument flight path despite having time. So who knows if the pilot was current on his instrument rating or not. The helicopter itself was certified for instrument flight but if they weren't allowed to take instrument flights did they maintain them?
That may be true, but according to a helicopter pilot who flew for Kobe before, stated Kobe never forced or pressured him to fly. So, I don't think Kobe forced the issue that morning. I would agree that Kobe and the pilot both mutually agreed to fly in that weather, but I don't think Kobe demanded the pilot fly or anything like that.
Again that's just my opinion...……
I dont think Kobe forced the flight. But theres no dought that when all other flights had been grounded, kobe and the pilot both agreed to fly. When one or the other or both should have waited or cancelled the flight.