Don Johnstone wrote:

Heresay evidence, blind assumption and lack of experience
in the glider concerned all put together is enough
for a hanging is it.

Check the subject line, Don.

Would you have let your loved ones ride with a pilot who had a comparable
background, in those surroundings? Or even hear over the cornfields of N.
Illinois for that matter? We are all rejoicing that more were not killed.

If anyone is to be condemned out of hand, it is an organization which would
hire someone to do this sort of work who had "48.4 hours". I'm sure that all
of us have great confidence that appropriate measures will be taken via the
civil courts and in the matter of future insurance costs/availability for
the commercial glider operation responsible.

If you have a burr under your saddle concerning certain aspects of US
international policy, why not take it to another newsgroup where someone cares?


Jack