Who gave this moron a license?

I am a big advocate of private piloting. As often as you hear about a crash, there are really few incidents compared to the flights up there at any point in time. One day, when at least one of the kids is out of school I will get a plane.

Dude landed today on the golf course at Lincolnshire. He figured barnstorming the city to get his kid to a tennis lesson was cool.

As if his actions were not alarming enough, he has his Piper Clipper taken on a flatbed to the towing company lot, where he is going to replace the skis with wheels. He also is under the mistaken impression that just anyone can work on a plane. The tires would change the weights and balances of the plane, and therefore would have to be certified by a licensed airplane mechanic.

To hear tell, there is also a fuel leak in the plane. You know for damn sure he did not go through much of a pre-flight checklist.

I want this guy prosecuted and his plane taken away. I doubt a lack of license would stop this moron from flying. If they let him go, here's hoping when he does crash, it is alone in a field.

When I was learning to fly, I watched a doctor jump into his cold plane, start it up and get in line to take off. He had not flown in several cool, rainy days and did not even bother to check his fuel for condensation. My instructor shook his head and said "Those are the guys that crash. They are the ones that fly for no good reason on bad barometer days and without checking their equipment. They overload their planes. They think it is just another car."