Did you know that a 19 year old kid (The barefoot bandit) just flew a Cessna from Bloomington Indiana to the Bahamas without being challenged one time. He stole the plane in the middle of the night, didn't file a flight plan and managed to go undetected, thousands of miles. Care to explain that one?
I don't know if you knew this or not, but there is a big difference between a Boeing 747 with 250 people aboard and a single engine Cessna. this kid from Washington has CRASH LANDED 4 airplanes? Or is he only Suspected of it? How many people you know that survive even 1 airplane crash?
From the Bahama Article.."But Payton and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department tell The Associated Press they have
no evidence linking him to the crime." Now what was it you were saying about him stealing this plane and not being challeneged? Where does it say he was never challenged? Were you the ATC in charge of that airplane? Can you prove anywhere that these planes did not show up on RADAR?
How much you wanna bet that all these stolen airplanes had the keys left in the ignition? ( I have been guilty myself and know of quite a few others who do it also).
edit: FYI its pretty easy to steal an airplane as they don't check your ID or anything and as long as you are competent with the radio and know your tail sign you can get permission from the tower to take off. NOW if you just jump in an airplane and taxi out and take off and all the while tower is calling you and you don't respond, well thats a whole different ball of wax and it WILL get you noticed. The kid knows how to fly a plane and knows how to talk to tower, theft is easy. Oh and one other thing, the very HARDEST part of flying an airplane isn't flying at all, its the landing that you need to be good at.