These days being stuck-on-stupid makes you a "victim". Mr. And Mrs. Hungry Hippo in the SUV couldn't have been thinking about much other than stuffing their pie holes with a couple of double bacon cheddar burgers. Why didn't airport management make this crossing idiot-proof? Well, at least idiot-resistant.
I don't see anything wrong with what the pilot did at all. It shouldn't be his responsibility to look out for ground pounders while on short final. It looks like he was dragging it in to come down on or near the numbers. So what?
And how the heck is a pilot on very short final expected to see a vehicle streaking from right to left (below his cowling)? He was probably looking further down the runway for his flare anyway.
What part of FAILURE. TO. YIELD. are the pilot-blamers not grasping?
