"george" wrote in message
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On Sep 8, 8:00 am, Bob Moore wrote:
Orval Fairbairn wrote

A retired Navy guy, then commercial airline pilot and only 6,000
hours?

I read it as 23,00 hours.


I'd suggest the onset of senile dementia and deference to
unprovenanced authority

Agreed.

I notice there's no mention of this guy, spending that last several years of
his career as an airborne bus driver (and not possibly craving some EOL
attention), having any training/experience as an accident investigator. Even
an accident investigator would have a lot added to his workload trying to
decipher the actions of a suicidal "pilot".