[calex59]

Believe me, I am in no way detracting from the job he did that day! My grandmother used to tell me when I was kid that when it’s your time to go you’re gone, period. I wonder who it was on that flight whose time hadn’t come yet?

You know I have heard that from a lot of church goers, but there is on quote you very seldom, if ever, hear about the bible, I can't quote chapter and verse but there is a statement in the new testament that says " Don't be a fool and die before your time!". This implies that you can, indeed, die before you are called to your destiny. This brave and cool Captain of this aircraft needs to be commended on saving many souls that might have gone before their time. The old adage about, "When it is you time to go, you will go", is BS, you can die before you are supposed to.

[Lucky Dog]

If one those crashes has your name on it, then you’re doomed. However, it is the ones that are addressed “to whom it may concern” that I seek to avoid.

[jwparkerjr]

I wasn't vouching for the veracity of the statement, just that my grandmother used to say it all the time. I guess there could be a difference in dying before you're supposed to and getting past your time to go. I'll have to think that one through!