[Ronaldus Magnus]

If FL410 is the max published altitude for the Canadair, then the fault is not the pilots' for going there.

I have no idea why the investigators and some of the posters here having such a difficult time with this simple concept. Crying "pilot error" in this case makes no sense based on the facts presented in the article. It's like blaming an old lady for having her blender shatter after she dared push the "high" button to de-pulp her orange juice. I guess it's just easier to blame the dead than to admit that there might be something wrong with the design parameters.

[safisoft]

I have no idea why the investigators and some of the posters here having such a difficult time with this simple concept. Crying "pilot error" in this case makes no sense based on the facts presented in the article.

Good points. It may very well have elements of pilot error in it, but so-called professional pilots who pile on with so little information are only showing immaturity and poor judgment. There are of course, in every profession, men and women who think that the profession exists because of them, and that no one except themselves know 'the right way' - you are reading some of that on this thread by people who claim to know what they are talking about.

Your approach is laudable.