Originally Posted by
captjns
Dan Gryder is the contemporary of Nancy Grace to Fox. Throw people under the bus before gathering all the fact. In other words… “Ready Fire Aim”. After the dust settles screw the people who’s characters were maligned, and off to the next victim. No apology, no attempt to make any corrections… Just “Oh well”… who’s reputation can I screw with so I can get more sponsors.
First, Dan does not monetize his channel. He makes zero off his videos. YouTube generally won't monetize videos about accidents anyway because the sponsor's don't want that. Dan does ask for small donations to support his airborne animal rescue charity. Dan has a 1938 DC-3 that he uses for animal rescue flights to areas hit by disasters. He also sells SIC and PIC DC-3 type ratings. The SIC rating has pretty minimal requirements and last I heard costs around $4,000. PIC depends on your experience level.
A number of times I've seen Dan correct himself and issue apologies. If he calls something wrong he'll own it. The young female pilot who hit a vertical component of a factory while on short final in Idaho was a case. He initially called it wrong, but after more research explained what really happened, he even had her father on his video.
I admit Dan probably never got a "gold star" from his teacher for getting along well with others so he is disliked by many (especially senior FAA and NTSB). But along with some others he is pushing AQP for GA. He has some suggested procedures that would reduce GA accidents if everyone used them. Recently he's started doing a Sunday night summary of the previous weeks fatal accidents. And yes he usually has quite a few to cover unfortunately.