Fingpilot and I had a small misunderstanding talking about that crash. He was gracious enough to apologize, but what struck me the most was what he had to say about the accident (
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Originally Posted by fingpilot
Sorry Neil;
I see stuff happen out there in the aviation world that is sheer stupidity. It hits home when you have to justify someone else's stupidity to your boss after he tells you that you cannot fire that someone for being incompetent (It's a relative of his... or he/she's a nice person...). You never forget that feeling. You schedule every flight with this idiot hoping for something illegal that will take the discretion out of your boss's hands; but they are warned, and make nice nice for however long it takes.
Then years later, you read about that person on the front page having done something stupid (and usually identical) to the stupidity you witnesssed and paid for years ago. I paid for backing down with a loss of integrity, this time people paid with their lives.
It gets personal real quick.
I shouldn't have taken it out on you. Truly.
Michael.
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Sounds like the captain shouldn't have been flying.
Neil