To: Admin Moderator
Could you please pull the editorials out of this article's title? The pilots who died in this crash didn't do anything that makes them "idiots", despite what some who don't understand the issues might think, and there's no reason anyone needs to edit an article title to make fun of the dead.
4 posted on
06/15/2005 4:54:07 PM PDT by
Turbopilot
(Viva la Reagan Revolucion!)
To: Turbopilot; Admin Moderator
6 posted on
06/15/2005 4:56:23 PM PDT by
Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: Turbopilot
Well, they sound like idiots.
8 posted on
06/15/2005 4:57:42 PM PDT by
anton
To: Turbopilot
11 posted on
06/15/2005 4:59:06 PM PDT by
mel
To: Turbopilot
I don't think you read the whole transcript of this incident. These guys purposely broke several FAA and company regulations during this one trip. Yes, they are dead, but that is often the result when you purposely break rules put in place to keep you from dying.
12 posted on
06/15/2005 4:59:53 PM PDT by
Rokke
To: Turbopilot
I totally agree with you, The pilots took it up to FL410 which is max altitude with passengers. No reason to fault the pilots who really did nothing wrong except fail to restart for whatever reason.
Thankfully there were no passengers.
To: Turbopilot; Leapfrog
A few weeks ago - a friend of mine crashed during an emergency landing. I found out today he just lost both his legs and is still in a coma.
On Sunday a friend of mine got into a accelerated inverted flat spin that did a crossover. He punched out of the airplane at 300' and lived.
Flying is a brother/sisterhood. We take care of our own. We know that but for the grace of God....
This is one of my favorite quotes... It's on my profile page - and it's worth repeating often....
Whenever we talk about a pilot who has been killed in a flying accident, we should all keep one thing in mind. He called upon the sum of all his knowledge and made a judgment. He believed in it so strongly that he knowingly bet his life on it. That his judgment was faulty is a tragedy, not stupidity. Every instructor, supervisor, and contemporary who ever spoke to him had an opportunity to influence his judgment, so a little bit of all of us goes with every pilot we lose.
— author unknown
53 posted on
06/15/2005 6:06:23 PM PDT by
Dashing Dasher
(To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of FReepers...)
To: Turbopilot
It's pretty stupid to go to altitudes where you can expect flame-out. What was the max altitude that plane was approved to?
71 posted on
06/15/2005 7:44:43 PM PDT by
expatpat
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