Bobbi

Steve has been declared dead. The search was called off long ago. YOU personally are not tarnishing his memory. Please don't take my comments wrong. I believe what is happening is the Gov of Nevada has taken this a bit too far, IMHO, by asking his widow to reimbuse the State for the SAR expenses when he is committing fraud himself...

Irregardless of that issue, funds have been offered. Funds have been given to the state and it wasn't a never ending search.

This was not an unusual event by any means. SAR efforts go on as long as there is still hope for finding the missing person alive. No matter who or where....it isn't necessarily a pilot. It could be a hiker, a boater, a hunter, a kid lost in the woods on a sunny afternoon. This just happens to be a famous man with lots of money...the deep pocket theory if you wish.

I very rarely file a flight plan when I go out for a flight. There is no reason. I do, however, tell people where I am going. I phone home when I arrive at my destination.