The reason (why they went up) nags at me more than the cause (why they went
down). The latter is the NTSB's bailiwick. The former should be ours (as
pilots). I don't want to wait for the outcome of an investigation later
for the lesson I should be learning now.

And I am sickened over the fact that two pilots' precious lives were
lost...on a whim, it seems.



"Scott Moore" wrote in message
...
R.L. wrote:
Lets all admit that this accident was the confluence and outcome of
serial
misjudgments, just like the examples in the textbooks. Can anyone argue
that
good judgment ruled the day?

That flight had no business happening. That instructor had no business
taking a VFR primary student on a cross-country to Albany in Saturday's
weather and back practicing instrument approaches in really low IMC under

They are in IMC, or IMC develops at home while they are off. Instructor
offers
that he can fly in or out in IMC, so they can still do the day somewhere
else.
If the instructor is rated, thats perfectly ok. If he wasn't, and the
field
was IFR, then you have a case.

The rest of this speculation and horse**** is deleted. These people are
dead.
They are not going to get undead anytime soon, so they can wait for a
proper
investigation. You can't ? Tough.