With no offense intended, I would suggest that that is not a good assumption. The aviation community here at FR is both knowledgeable and resourceful enough to identify the pilot of the downed plane without waiting for the official confirmation.
...This is all true. BUT, there are some threads where we, the common people, the uneducated (in all matters aviation) and the press have an interest.
If the flyguys want to impress us with their knowledge - and they do - them maybe they should work on their manners. I hate it when someone "new" (read: their sign-up date is more recent) gets jumped on because they're new or expressing an opinion different than one of the old guys. PukinDog, I have the utmost respect for you and your knowledge, when something like this happens I know I will learn a lot from you...but Dude! You need to be a tad more tolerant. Remember, you were a newbie once, too. And that goes for the rest of you guys.
And, when we're getting info that not even Fox has, it would behoove all of us to be a little nicer to the person reporting for us.
Now that the lecture is over, the Blues come to our neck of the woods about every 2 years. We have this little festival thing where about fifty thousand people invade my space for 10 days. I make a point to not go into town when the festival is going on...except for the airshow. I will schlepp a wagon, a couple diaper bags and a couple of grandsons thru gazillions of people to stand on the shore and watch those Angels scare the hell out of me!