Comair Pilot Error

"Ron Lee" wrote in message

If he still flies let me know so I can avoid that airline. Or at
least any plane he is piloting.

... I choose
not to fly with someone who makes such a deadly mistake.

Oh, God! Can the self-righteous blather, please!! What are you going to
do? Every time you book a flight, ask to see the crew's flight record? Get
names and socials so you can do your own internet research? Crap! You're
not going to do jack! Its all talk. Fact is, you aren't going to choose or
not choose. When you plan a trip you get on the plane like everyone else,
and you don't have any freakin' idea who's flying the plane. You think
they're all firm-jawed, steely-eyed war heroes? Guess again, Kemosabe!
Ever heard the advice about never visiting the kitchen at your favorite
restaurant? Well, the same applies to your favorite airline, too. They're
humans, just like us all, with all the warts and bumps that go with it.
Remember a few years ago when there was all the talk about arming cockpit
crews? Why do you think so many pilots were opposed to the idea? Because
they know their friends! That's why! "Let me know so I can avoid that
airline" -- what a crock!

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Ron Lee" wrote in message

If he still flies let me know so I can avoid that airline. Or at
least any plane he is piloting.

... I choose
not to fly with someone who makes such a deadly mistake.

Oh, God! Can the self-righteous blather, please!! What are you going to
do? Every time you book a flight, ask to see the crew's flight record?
Get
names and socials so you can do your own internet research? Crap! You're
not going to do jack! Its all talk. Fact is, you aren't going to choose
or
not choose.

A little of the co-pilot's background:


Survivor in coma; called 'a fighter'
DOCTORS AT UK ARE CONSIDERING AMPUTATION
By Steve Lannen
HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
The lone survivor of Sunday's Comair crash clung to life last night.

James M. Polehinke, the co-pilot pulled from the burning jet's cockpit and
last night confirmed by officials to be at the controls, was in a coma and
on life support yesterday. Doctors were considering amputating one of his
legs, family friends said.

Officials at the University of Kentucky's Chandler Medical Center said
Polehinke remained in critical condition last night.

Friends and neighbors in southern Florida described Polehinke, 44, as a
strong man with a faith in God and a fighting spirit to match.

"Jimmy is in bad shape up there. He's in a coma," said longtime friend
Antonio Cruz of Miami. "But he's a religious person and a very good man. We
are all praying he will come through this."

Lexington police officer Bryan Jared pulled Polehinke from the burning plane
minutes after it crashed in a field off Versailles Road. At a news
conference yesterday afternoon, Jared said he hoped Polehinke "will be
returned back to his family."

Polehinke also suffered a broken rib and pelvis as well as internal
bleeding, friends said.

This is not the first time Polehinke has had a near-death experience.

His wife, Ida, shot him in the abdomen with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun in
1999. When police arrived at the home in Margate, Fla., they found Polehinke
lying in his blood on the kitchen floor.

Polehinke said the shooting was an accident. His wife told police she shot
Polehinke because she was in "fear" for her life after her husband
threatened to kill her during an argument, according to a police report.
Polehinke recovered from the shooting and declined to speak about it or
press charges.

The couple have no children, but four dogs.

Polehinke graduated from high school in Long Island, N.Y., and always wanted
to fly, Cruz said.

"He could play the saxophone so beautifully," Cruz said. "But he always
wanted to be a pilot. That was his lifetime dream."

Hospital spokesmen said Polehinke's family members who'd flown in declined
interview requests yesterday.

Several months ago, Polehinke suffered another setback.

"He had some type of injury to his knees," said David Norris, a neighbor.
"And he had to do physical therapy and brought himself back from that ...
and he could fly again. And now this has happened. ... So who knows, but
definitely he's a fighter."

"Allen" wrote in message news:ZPeJg.18555

A little of the co-pilot's background:


Someone else posted this article, too, apparently concluding that because
his wife shot him, he is a wife-beater. I'm not sure how this article
relates to the accident.

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Allen" wrote in message news:ZPeJg.18555

A little of the co-pilot's background:


Someone else posted this article, too, apparently concluding that because
his wife shot him, he is a wife-beater. I'm not sure how this article
relates to the accident.

I was just showing the rest of the article where he is well thought of by
his friends and neighbors despite the domestic altercation.