I see you guys saw the story about me.
But seriously, I met this dude around 2019 or so? He bought Sound Aviation from a guy I used to know (and who helped me out as a fledgling aviator). Sound was briefly a competitor of a place I used to work.
He didn't appear to have brain worms then? He certainly does now though - rumors of flat earther stuff too, but I'm uncertain. I will say that the absolute funniest thing I've read about this is when he said, "that's not me" because his name was written in capital letters in the court paperwork. While I appreciate having the utter balls to de-register the airplane, paint over your N Number with the Sovereign Citizen flag, and stop getting a medical while still operating an air taxi I cannot say that that was a smart, prudent, or even reasonable move at all. He would have totally gotten away with it had he just kept a low profile - there are quite a few people doing that sort of thing up here, it's not uncommon; the kind of person who frantically says "you CAN'T PULL ME OVER I'M TRAVELING" is not (perhaps) exercising the best judgment. Homeboy is so close to getting it, "yo, state power flows from the barrel of a gun and everything from an eviction notice to the building codes ultimately carries the threat of violence for non-compliance" but instead of following that thread to it's logical conclusion he chose the track of "well, there's this one legal trick that the FAA and judges don't want you to know!"
Regardless, I don't think people realize how utterly different it is up here compared to down south. To be honest, more and more I really dislike it down there, in large part because of the "vibe." Everything is so "serious" and the stakes are always jacked up to 99. Everything is DOOOOM or extreme to some extent and the real threats, real risks of doom are either politicized or ignored. Does nobody else realize how funny this story is? How the • could a reporter write this with such a sober-serious take? This story is absolutely hilarious to me and I feel like people seem to be so bent out of shape serious about things that they miss just how absolutely laughable it is. Also, while the SovCit people are silly, this is also a delightful piece of Alaskana on par with a Stubbs the Cat and other things. Different sorts of characters up here - that's why I like it, I can be me here and nobody will bother me. Some people (like this character) perhaps have taken things a little too far. I never felt safe to be myself down south.
