[Zacs Mom]

True, but he couldn't crash the small room into a neighborhood full of homes.

"Rhodes: "Aw (expletive). We're gonna hit houses, dude."

and they did, too .. The plane crashed into a residential neighborhood of Jefferson City, Mo. Through the Grace of God, in this instance, no one on the ground was injured but it doesn't take much to imagine how easily the result could have been devastatingly different.

I understand how tedious flying can be at times, but this sort of 'fooling around' over populated areas is beyond reckless ~ it is downright irresponsible.

[Turbopilot]

I have yet to hear how they "fooled around." I can understand that, to a non-pilot, maybe going to the "maximum" altitude sounds risky, but that maximum is not the physical limit of the aircraft, it's the lower of either the certified limit of the aircraft or the company's limit (which carries the force of law). It's designed to be a safe limit. Exceeding it is physically possible, just not considered safe. And a pilot would have no reason not to go to the maximum safe altitude limit.

[PhilipFreneau]

>>> I understand how tedious flying can be at times, but this sort of 'fooling around' over populated areas is beyond reckless ~ it is downright irresponsible. <<<

There are no populated areas at 41,000 feet.