The duty of an airplane captain is first to the passengers and crew of the plane and second to the integrity of the plane which insures the first duty. No way would he put the passengers, crew and craft in danger purposely. He’s a hero.
Exactly. You fly (or do pretty much anything) as you are trained, and as Duty demands.
This is a real world trolley problem with no time to think it through. He did exactly what his training and Duty called for.
I don’t fault him for that, but I do wonder what path would have been “best”. (Whatever the heck that means!)
Contrast that with the people who did have time to think it through did. The only thing in the air that wasn’t US military was the bin Lauden family being flown out of the US. Iraq was punished for what Saudi Arabia did. We showed weakness. The scourge of islam was empowered. “We” elected a muslim president and the rest is the end of history.
I suppose that’s more recoverable than some of the alternatives.
Would the disappearance of meccah medina and Riyadh cripple and ultimately destroy islam, or inflame it? True there would be a crimp in the world’s oil supply, but we could still drill through glass...
What path would result in the fewest deaths and less slavery and misery?