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What a selfish shitty thing to do to someone
this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2026
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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.
I disagree. Leaving someone with trauma, versus leaving someone in a life or death situation is quite different I'd say.
The similarity is involving people in the act and leaving them to deal with extreme trauma.
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Bertazzo had completed another lesson earlier that day without incident
Without… jumping to his death…? Sometimes this standard journalistic phrasing just kills me. I shouldn’t be laughing
"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."
What? He'd never died during a previous lesson?
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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.
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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.
Importantly, the article also says she was trained, but still needed some hours with an instructor or pilot before being allowed to fly solo. He must have decided his other student that day wasn't ready but felt she'd be safe without him. Better than some suicidal pilots who have crashed the whole plane.
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.
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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: "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: ...
“She was very shaken, but with complete professionalism she flew the plane to the airfield and made a perfect landing,”
Dude may have been having a rough time, but definitely knew his students.
Student:
I mean, if I were an immortal, I would get a job as a flight instructor just to pull this prank.
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If the student had a PPL, it's likely she was training with him (a commercial pilot) for her IL instrument license, the next step up from PPL. Means she was qualified to land in clear weather.
He wasn't putting her in physical peril. But it's still a terrible mental burden to put on someone else.
You never know how someone will react to something traumatizing like that. She could have had a panic attack and passed out.
Sure, but she's a trained pilot. You're literally drilled on a large number of emergency situations and procedures, with step by step checklists. The lead pilot dying isn't even the scary kind of emergency, in that situation the plane is still working fine. A sudden loss of airspeed, engine out, or a control surface unresponsive, those are all much scarier, and the pilot is expected to stay calm in all of those situations.
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I will never understand why people do things like this. You want to end your life? Cool. Why do you feel this need to traumatize and/or murder others in the process?
Also really, really wish we as a species took mental health more seriously.
Maybe the idea was that he could end his life, without risking crashing the plane? Why he chose this method specifically will, unfortunately, never be answered.
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If someone's so traumatised as to end their life this way, they're probably not very concerned of the consequences. Not excusing this, just trying to explain it for myself.
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story about suicide
Entertainment section
This sort of this should get websites permabanned from Lemmy as a source.
Fuck you, dexerto
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'Fuck me, you're a bad pilot. I'm going to take my chances out there'.
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Just a quibble.
They said the instructor died 'mid-flight'
Technically, he died at the end of HIS flight.
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Is the thumbnail photo of the instructor who killed himself?
Yes, it is.
That seems so morbid when the article is more focused on the student than the pilot.
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Incredibly cruel. What a monster.
Mens mental health is already a disaster, but in the airline industry it's made worse by the fact that you can lose your piloting license just by seeking help. This is a tragic story. I've joked about this story elsewhere, but I've learned more about it since then.
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student pilot successfully landed a plane by herself
Illustration picture is a man.
This is infuriating.
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Man, I thought i disappointed some teachers.
Are we sure she didn't kick him out? Seems very sus
Ah, a regular article for the "entertainment" category.
"They expect one of us in the wreckage, brother. The fire rises."
Good way to fake your death and ensure your student gets famous. Win-win.
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"Authorities initially looked at whether a mechanical issue with the aircraft may have played a role, but local reports say investigators are now treating the case as a possible suicide."
this sounds like a suicide but... now hear me out. what if it was the hydraulic systems fault?
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