Different argument altogether, the semantics of which I have no intention or interest in engaging with.
Your original position, that people who kill people by flying an aeroplane dangerously should be let off going to prison because they already feel bad about it is untenable. As I said before...
You made a bad point by suggesting that if someone killed people accidentally by flying an aeroplane dangerously they should be spare prison because they feel rotten about it - but then decided this leniency should not be extended to car drivers, even though they too probably feel terrible about...
OK, in that case there should be a deterrent for anybody contemplating looping the loop in a dangerous place at too low an altitude. I don't know what or if he might be charged with, but the fact that he's very sorry isn't a legal defence.
(Also, if it's a deterrent, how come people still...
By that token then, all those motorists who accidentally killed someone and feel really terrible about it and will live with their guilt for the rest of their lives should be let out of prison, then,