The expensive, rapid option of helicopters is restricted to a handful of businessmen and celebrities seeking to avoid the Californian city's notoriously clogged roads. — Picture courtesy of franckreporter/IStock.com
“Renting a machine like is about US$4,000 an hour, the pilot is earning at least US$100,000 a year,” Philippe Lesourd, a helicopter pilot and instructor who has been flying in the state for 29 years, told AFP.Beside Bryant, other celebrities who regularly use helicopters include the Kardashian family, said Lesourd, as well as businessmen who prefer an option “about five or six times faster than the road with traffic.
After retiring in 2016, the basketball titan — worth an estimated US$600 million — continued to rent helicopters and pilots for his travels.Eight others were killed, including his 13-year-old daughter, whom Kobe was accompanying to a basketball game she was due to play in.The causes of the disaster have not yet been determined, but the city was shrouded in a dense fog.
“A helicopter is unstable — not like a car or a plane. You constantly have to actively control its altitude,” he said. Such “air taxi” pilots — a minority of those flying helicopters — have to undergo regular training and drug testing checks, added Lesourd.
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