BEFORE THE INTERNET, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE

YouTuber pleads guilty to intentionally crashing his plane for a wallet sponsorship

(Thanks to Robert Moats)

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[George Costanza]

That's one of the best things about Festivus, allowing each individual to put his own spin on the celebrations.

[Jim]

I’ve been known to crash my wallet for a trip on a plane, though that just seems so ordinary these days.

[Meanie the Blue]

Artificial Intelligence, you've got competition for concerns about societal risk, as this shows.

[MOTW]

He then waited two days to report the incident to the NTSB .. which .. he incorrectly described as an accident. After the NTSB told him he was responsible for preserving the wreckage for examination, he returned to the crash scene by helicopter, which he used to airlift the wreckage to a local vineyard and winery. There, he loaded it onto a trailer attached to his pickup truck and hauled it to Lompoc City Airport, where he cut the plane’s remains into pieces, dumping them into nearby trash bins. Around this time, he lied to investigators, telling them he didn’t know where the wreckage was.

He ought to try out for Survivor once he's out of prison.

[Rod]

There go his chances at getting a job with an airline.