But the picture that has emerged since the Colgan crash shows that commuter pilots are flying too much, sleeping too little and placing passengers at risk.
Flight personnel unions say packed flight schedules are increasing mistakes, and the rapid pace of growth in Russia's air industry was forcing pilots to fly too much, with regulations not being properly enforced.
But NTSB officials were still concerned about UAVs being flown too much like a computer game rather than as they would be if their pilots were on board.Strict operating conditions for bigger UAVs might suit aviation firms, which are used to regulation and face competition from unmanned aircraft.
He did manage to get in two trips to Korea while the shooting was going on there, but for the most part he has had to content himself with the pursuit of floods, droughts, and tornadoes and with such personal discomforts as going too long without sleep and flying too much in airplanes, the first of which causes him to sweat profusely and the second to have trouble with his ears.
Well, perhaps not twirling, but I do fly too much.
Icarus flies too high, etc.
Ultimately, though, "In trying to fly too high, 'Rio 2' does too much flailing and floundering to soar.
Again, I knew I flew way too much, but I was so grateful.
But then it hit me that I fly way too much if an attendant actually remembers what I like to put in my coffee.
Of course, it may not be entirely coincidental that Trump has a new book to promote, "Time to Get Tough," which is largely devoted to criticizing Barack Obama's handling of the economy, while also accusing him of flying around too much and cozying up to China.
