Just read the interview they guy gave - comes across as a bro-tastic "It was f'in awesome but - whoa, I didn't know it was *that* illegal" train of thought.
I can appreciate how damn cool this was - but threat to this guy's life aside (which I don't actually care about since it was a conscious decision) - as Bigtime pointed out there are serious rules in place around messing around with civil aviation. Flights coming to to YYC having to divert due to this "goof" (or worse - testing the ingestion abilities of a modern day turbofan leading to a flameout) dials up the seriousness of the event.
I hope they throw the book at this guy to discourage the next Darwinian.
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