Listening to the audio accompanying the video at the link provided by poster #8, an NTSB official is being interviewed about talking to the engineer and the NTSB official nervously replies “of course he doesn’t have to talk to us, we can get information from others”. What the hell kind of statement is that when you are looking at a train crash with fatalities and the engineer is alive and well and appears to have acted improperly in controlling his train?? Another article today on Associated Press was a puff piece lauding the engineer on his love of trains since childhood and repeating comments made by the engineer on the internet regarding need for additional train controls. With no mention of his gay rights activism and presence at gay marriage protests. The article also included quotes attesting to Brandon Bostian’s character from those who knew him in college. This is all very interesting. Looks like if you are a member of the rainbow coalition and are fast tracked into a job you are not qualified to hold you are teflon coated.
Bostian has all lawyered up. When the hell is someone going to have the cojones to ask him why he had the throttle open at over one hundred miles per hour?
Cautious, He doesn't want to tell everything he knows, plus he doesn't want to jeopardize whatever case they make nor risk a lawsuit down the road.