Peter Duniho wrote:
"Morgans" wrote in message
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If your family was on that plane, would you be angry? Damn straight, you
would be.

I don't know. Maybe I would, maybe I wouldn't. I've experienced what I
consider to be tragic loss in the past without feeling anger at anyone.

But that's not the question here. Andrew's family wasn't on the plane, and
his anger is misplaced, even if it could be understandable (albeit
irrational) on the part of people who had relationships with the people who
died.

No, my family was not on the airplane. But my wife and baby did fly
Comair CRJ only a few days prior to this accident, departed from CVG
which is not too far from LEX. Who knows, may be the same accident
pilot was at the controls. I don't know. That is perhaps why I feel
closer to this accident than many others. I can feel in a fleeting
moment the pain of the deceased family members. Unfortunately (or
fortunately), the average person does not know enough about aviation to
comprehend the different levels of pilot error and mechanial problems.
For them this is just an unfortunate accident that happens once in a
while. But as pilot we know better. We understand the different
elements in aviation, what's in our control and what's not in our
control. This was completely and 100% within the pilot's control. It
doesn't matter how much coffee he drank, what the ATC controller was
doing, what lights were on and what was off. This is like running a red
light in clear weather, killing a bunch of pedestrians and telling the
neighborhood to take it easy. No, my anger is not misplaced. It may be
unnecessary and useless, but it is not an unsual reaction for this type
of tragedy.