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Pilot Who Tried to Kill Flight’s Engines Told Cops He’d Taken Shrooms, Feds Say
(www.thedailybeast.com)
Great, here comes the shroom moral panic
this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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Morel panic?
Questioning the moral of pilots tripping on psychedelics?
Well, that explains a lot. Shrooms are great, everyone should do it once in their life. But they should only do it somewhere safe, calm and ideally with a sober "trip sitter".
Part of me wants to feel sorry for the guy, but it was beyond reckless and stupid for him to be tripping in a cockpit, let alone on a plane at all. Especially for his first time! His dealer isn't culpable for the pilots actions, but obviously didn't prepare him on what to expect. Everything would've been fine if he had just gone to his basement with a bunch of stuffed animals and some chill music.
Edit: After reading some comments, if he took shrooms two days earlier than it's not the cause. Maximum your trip lasts like 12 hours. Sleep deprivation seems more likely to me
Why the fuck would you do shrooms before flying a plane??
He was off duty. Tripping in a cockpit would be awesome as a mere spectator but this was irresponsible of both him and the pilot (if the shroom state was known).
Right right, not flying it, but yeah. He also hadn’t slept in 40 hours? Sounds like this guy needed a break.
Oh geez that’s some trip
"Your honor, in my defense, I was on shrooms."