They failed to get FAA approval for the stunt so they have legal issues in their future.
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Well, likely loss of licenses for the two of them. Beyond that, the FAA doesn't have much authority. We learned that from the case of the moron who recently intentionally crashed his plane so he could get YouTube views. The FAA folks yanked his license, threw up their arms said there wasn't anything more they could do.
Can you imagine that interview?
Cause of accident? Uh, we crashed it while doing a Chinese fire drill in mid-air.
>They failed to get FAA approval for the stunt so they have legal issues in their future.
One ought to, when reading this, mentally note that two people endangering nobody but themselves, using property they own, AND having taken the trouble to notify the government, may yet be punished because they did something the bureaucrats didn’t like.
If other posters are right, and they “only” lose their license to operate an airplane under normal circumstances, is no consolation IMO.
What a wierd concept, right, that some stale official somewhere doesn’t have absolute say-so over every possible human action?