My point is two fold.
-I don't like to see people say "great, close that airport because (I) don't like it.
-"just drive an extra xx distance to this other airport." No. I paid millions of dollars for my travel to be convenient for me not you.
My corporate days were full of this stuff. After deciding yes to these two things:
Is it legal? Is it safe?
It's about the HMFIC.
I guess it all depends on what people consider safe.
My definition of safe was considerably different that former colleagues. When passing through about FL470 I had a discussion about why the Air Force requires a pressure suit at and above FL500 with the captain of the week. It seemed comforting for El Captitan that the at the time recent catastrophic and rapid 737 depressurization of a SW flight was handled without much trouble.
But that is when it dawned on me that Captain Stupendous didn't realize the rather large difference in cabin volume between a 737 and a Citation X. Is like a 2 liter bottle vs a soda can. Other than the fact that you die just like my home Payne
Or you know. APG. You can make hurling a brick at the sun legal with APG. 75' of terrain clearance per NM. HAHA
Fo real yo!
But the best part about it. Was flying with guys and departing ASE who didn't even understand what APG meant, just that it was legal.
Safe was something determined by the PIC.
If the PIC doesn't understand basic rudimentary physics or high school trigonometry in 3 dimensions to determine not slamming in to said granite, safe may quite well better be determined by a monkey throwing a dart at the wall.
Or a dolphin, those •ers are smart. Well over half the time I was at a 135 I think a dolphin brain or even a cat brain would have been better that a freaking egomaniac that could barely climb stairs or poop without a double-flush.
I remember the look on the face of one rather bright fellow when I told him there were captains that didn't really understand the difference between indicated airspeed and true airspeed. They just made the red line get as close as possible to the indicated airspeed regardless of FL or even you know feet above the ground.
Because they learned it from the "safe" person who mentored them.
All this entirely absent of what a 121 operator would even consider a functional training program.